Bothrionia Cooper and Grant 1975 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1975. Permian Brachiopods of West Texas, III. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 19:795-1921

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alitaria, Bibatiola, Cathaysia, Eomarginiferina, Huatangia, Paramarginifera, Paryphella, Protoniella, Tethysiella

Subtaxa: Bothrionia guadalupensis Bothrionia nasuta Bothrionia pulchra Bothrionia transversa

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Type: Bothrionia nasuta

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (17: Texas collections)

Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences

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