Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
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 Tylothyris according to J. L. Carter 1967
Sister taxa: Tylothyris mesacostalis, Tylothyris minima, Tylothyris missouriensis, Tylothyris multicostatus, Tylothyris novamexicana, Tylothyris pauciplicata
Type specimen: USNM 154813, a shell. Its type locality is USNM 9045, Chappel Ls, McCulloc County, TX, which is in a Kinderhookian shallow subtidal limestone in the Chappel Limestone Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (7: Texas collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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