Pseudoleptodus guadalupensis Stehli 1956 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae

Alternative combination: Adriana guadalupensis

Full reference: F.G. Stehli. 1956. Notes on oldhaminid brachiopods. Journal of Paleontology 30(2):305-313

Belongs to Pseudoleptodus according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1974

See also Stehli 1956

Sister taxa: Pseudoleptodus annosus, Pseudoleptodus conicus, Pseudoleptodus cucullatus, Pseudoleptodus getawayensis, Pseudoleptodus giganteus, Pseudoleptodus grandis, Pseudoleptodus granulosus, Pseudoleptodus lepidus, Pseudoleptodus nodosus, Pseudoleptodus primitivus

Type specimen: AMNH 27935, a shell. Its type locality is AMNH635, Pinyon Tank, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Wordian slope limestone in the Bell Canyon Formation of Texas.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (19: Texas collections)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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