†Petasmaia Cooper and Grant 1969 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1969. New Permian brachiopods from west Texas. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 1:1-20
Parent taxon: Lyttoniinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cardinocrania, Collemataria, Coscinophora, Eolyttonia, Gubleria, Keyserlingina, Leptodus, Loxophragmus, Matanoleptodus, Oldhamina, Oldhaminella, Pararigbyella, Pirgulia
Subtaxa: Petasmaia expansa
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Japan (3 collections), United States (11: Texas)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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