Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and F.G. Stehli. 1955. New genera of Permian brachiopods from west Texas. Journal of Paleontology 29(3):469-474
Belongs to Coscinophora according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1974
See also Cooper and Stehli 1955
Sister taxa: Coscinophora hortoni, Coscinophora magnifica, Coscinophora monilifera
Type specimen: USNM 124121b, a valve. Its type locality is AMNH500, Split Tank, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Cathedral Mountain 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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