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: Institellinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Tazawa and Shen 1997
Sister taxa: Costellarina, Craspedona, Institella, Institina, Licharewiconcha, Polymorpharia, Retroplexus, Rugicostella, Sinuatella
Subtaxa: Glyptosteges angustus Glyptosteges insculptus Glyptosteges intricatus Glyptosteges percostatus Glyptosteges sulcatus
Type: Glyptosteges intricatus
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Japan (1 collection), Thailand (3), United States (56: Texas)
Total: 60 collections including 67 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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