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 annosus, Pseudoleptodus conicus, Pseudoleptodus cucullatus, Pseudoleptodus getawayensis, Pseudoleptodus giganteus, Pseudoleptodus grandis, Pseudoleptodus granulosus, Pseudoleptodus guadalupensis, Pseudoleptodus lepidus, Pseudoleptodus primitivus
Type specimen: USNM 150707, a valve (Partial ventral valve)
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USNM713, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains (Permian of Texas)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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