Tropidelasma furcillatum Cooper and Grant 1974 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

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 Tropidelasma according to M. A. Torres-Martínez et al. 2019

See also Cooper and Grant 1974

Sister taxa: Tropidelasma anthicum, Tropidelasma corniculum, Tropidelasma costellatum, Tropidelasma culmenatum, Tropidelasma curtum, Tropidelasma daijiagouensis, Tropidelasma elongata, Tropidelasma gregarium, Tropidelasma perattenuatum, Tropidelasma ptomatis, Tropidelasma pygmaeum, Tropidelasma rhamphodes, Tropidelasma robertsi, Tropidelasma strobilum, Tropidelasma triangularis, Tropidelasma undulatum, Tropidelasma yamasugensis, Tropidelasma zhongliangshanensis, Erismatina cooperi

Type specimen: USNM 153561a, a valve (Ventral valve)

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Mexico (1 collection), United States (3: Texas)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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