Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae
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 Pseudoleptodus according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1974
Sister taxa: Pseudoleptodus conicus, Pseudoleptodus cucullatus, Pseudoleptodus getawayensis, Pseudoleptodus giganteus, Pseudoleptodus grandis, Pseudoleptodus granulosus, Pseudoleptodus guadalupensis, Pseudoleptodus lepidus, Pseudoleptodus nodosus, Pseudoleptodus primitivus
Type specimen: USNM 150697d, a shell. Its type locality is USNM706, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Word Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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