Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1975. Permian Brachiopods of West Texas, III. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 19:795-1921
Belongs to Ctenalosia according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
Sister taxa: Ctenalosia fixata, Ctenalosia primitiva, Ctenalosia rotunda
Type specimen: USNM 152644d, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USNM762, Little Wind River, which is in a Wuchiapingian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Park City Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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