Coscinophora magnifica Cooper and Grant 1974 (lamp shell)

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 Coscinophora according to J. I. Tazawa et al. 1998

See also Cooper and Grant 1974

Sister taxa: Coscinophora hortoni, Coscinophora monilifera, Coscinophora nodosa

Type specimen: USNM 151331d. Its type locality is USNM721t, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian carbonate packstone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Japan (1 collection), United States (20: Texas)

Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence

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