†Orthotetella King 1931 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Orthotetellidae
Full reference: R. E. King. 1931. The Geology of the Glass Mountains, Texas, Part II, Faunal summary and correlation of the Permian formations with description of Brachiopoda. The University of Texas Bulletin 3042:1-245
Parent taxon: Orthotetellidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Hypopsia
Subtaxa: Orthotetella wolfcampensis
Type: Orthotetella wolfcampensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (20: Texas collections)
• Carboniferous of United States (9: Texas)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
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