Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
Full reference: H. Muir-Wood and G. A. Cooper. 1960. Morphology, classification and life habits of the Productoidea (Brachiopoda). Geological Society of America Memoir 81:1-447
Parent taxon: Echinosteginae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Archaiosteges, Baissalosteges, Echinosteges, Edriosteges, Girlasia, Howseia, Limbella, Sphenosteges, Spirisosium, Strophalosiella, Strophalosiina
Subtaxa: Xenosteges adherens Xenosteges anomalus Xenosteges magnus Xenosteges minusculus Xenosteges quadratus Xenosteges trivialis Xenosteges umbonatus
Type: Xenosteges adherens
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Thailand (1 collection), United States (90: New Mexico, Texas), Venezuela (3)
Total: 94 collections including 96 occurrences
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