Coledium altisulcatum Carter 1967 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae

Full reference: J. L. Carter. 1967. Mississippian brachiopods from the Chappel Limestone of central Texas. Bulletins of American Paleontology 53(238):249-488

Belongs to Coledium according to J. L. Carter 1967

Sister taxa: Coledium angarium, Coledium bowsheri, Coledium cestriensis, Coledium cheni, Coledium costacurtosus, Coledium costulatum, Coledium crassa, Coledium dutroi, Coledium elvinia, Coledium erugatum, Coledium evexum, Coledium explanatum, Coledium globulinum, Coledium indentatum, Coledium obesum, Coledium opimum, Coledium rhomboidale, Coledium rhomboidea, Coledium saquensis, Coledium satuni, Coledium selongensis, Coledium therum, Coledium torvum, Coledium undulatum, Coledium vadosulcatum

Type specimen: USNM 154655, a shell. Its type locality is USNM 9048, Chappel Ls, San Saba County, TX, which is in a Kinderhookian shallow subtidal limestone in the Chappel Limestone Formation of Texas.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USNM 9048, Chappel Ls, San Saba County, TX

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