†Anomalesia Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods of west Texas, V. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 24:2609-3159
Parent taxon: Cranaeninae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Costacranaena, Cranaena, Hamburgia, Maclarenella, Planothyris, Pontielasma
Subtaxa: Anomalesia perplexa
Type: Anomalesia perplexa
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (4: Texas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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