†Cactosteges Cooper and Grant 1975 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
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: Rhamnariinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ramavectus, Ramovsina, Rhamnaria, Saeptathaerus, Spuriosa
Subtaxa: Cactosteges anomalus
Type: Cactosteges anomalus
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (17: Texas collections)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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