†Lepidocrania tardispinosa 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 sublamellosa
Type specimen: USNM 152582a, a valve. Its type locality is USNM707e, Sullivan Peak, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (20: Texas collections)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
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