Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
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 Ctenalosia according to B. R. Wardlaw 1977
See also Cooper and Stehli 1955 and Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Sister taxa: Ctenalosia primitiva, Ctenalosia rotunda, Ctenalosia transversa
Type specimen: USNM 124123a. Its type locality is USNM706c, 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 (75: Nevada, Texas, Utah collections)
Total: 75 collections each including a single occurrence
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