†Lepidocrania sublamellosa Cooper and Grant 1974 (lamp shell)
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Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1974. Permian brachiopods of West Texas, II. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 15:233-793
Belongs to Lepidocrania according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1974
Sister taxa: Lepidocrania sparsispinosa, Lepidocrania tardispinosa
Type specimen: USNM 151406a, a valve. Its type locality is USNM706e, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Word Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (13: Texas collections)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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