†Hypopsia Cooper and Grant 1974 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Orthotetellidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1974. Permian brachiopods of West Texas, II. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 15:233-793
Parent taxon: Orthotetellidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Orthotetella
Subtaxa: Hypopsia versuta
Type: Hypopsia versuta
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USNM701, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains (Permian of Texas)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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