Mesolobus Dunbar and Condra 1932 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Full reference: C. O. Dunbar and G. E. Condra. 1932. Brachiopoda of the Pennsylvanian System in Nebraska. Geological Survey of Nebraska Bulletin, Second Series 5:1-377

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

See also Hoare 1961 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Capillomesolobus, Hexigtenichonetes, Tenuichonetes, Zhexichonetes

Subtaxa: Mesolobus inflata Mesolobus mesoplicus Mesolobus striatus Ussurichonetes

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (4 collections)

• Carboniferous of Bolivia (1), United States (41: Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 46 collections including 47 occurrences

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