Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
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 Spyridiophora according to L. Li et al. 1986
See also Cooper and Grant 1975, Cooper and Stehli 1955 and Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Sister taxa: Spyridiophora compacta, Spyridiophora craticulatus, Spyridiophora gubleri, Spyridiophora reticulata
Type specimen: USNM 124117, a shell. Its type locality is USNM701k, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in an Asselian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Neal Ranch Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), United States (6: Texas)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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