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 G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1974
Sister taxa: Tropidelasma anthicum, Tropidelasma corniculum, Tropidelasma costellatum, Tropidelasma culmenatum, Tropidelasma curtum, Tropidelasma daijiagouensis, Tropidelasma elongata, Tropidelasma furcillatum, Tropidelasma gregarium, Tropidelasma perattenuatum, Tropidelasma ptomatis, Tropidelasma pygmaeum, Tropidelasma robertsi, Tropidelasma strobilum, Tropidelasma triangularis, Tropidelasma undulatum, Tropidelasma yamasugensis, Tropidelasma zhongliangshanensis, Erismatina cooperi
Type specimen: USNM 147882b, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (9: Texas collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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