Acritosia Cooper and Grant 1969 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Cyclacanthariidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1969. New Permian brachiopods from west Texas. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 1:1-20

Parent taxon: Teguliferininae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ardmosteges, Planispina, Proteguliferina, Teguliferina

Subtaxa: Acritosia magna Acritosia magnifica Acritosia ogamensis Acritosia peculiaris Acritosia silicica Acritosia solida Acritosia teguliferoides Acritosia vestibula

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Type: Acritosia magna

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Japan (3 collections), Oman (9), Thailand (2), United States (85: Texas)

Total: 99 collections including 104 occurrences

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