Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1975. Permian Brachiopods of West Texas, III. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 19:795-1921
Belongs to Thamnosia according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
Sister taxa: Thamnosia anterospinosa, Thamnosia arctica, Thamnosia capitanensis, Thamnosia depressa, Thamnosia longlinensis, Thamnosia mutabilis, Thamnosia nakadairensis, Thamnosia parvispinosa, Thamnosia silicica, Thamnosia spinosa, Thuleproductus crassauritus, Thuleproductus subarcticus
Type specimen: USNM 151462b, a shell. Its type locality is USNM706d, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Word Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian 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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