Acritosia magnifica Cooper and Grant 1975 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Cyclacanthariidae

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 Acritosia according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975

Sister taxa: Acritosia magna, Acritosia ogamensis, Acritosia peculiaris, Acritosia silicica, Acritosia solida, Acritosia teguliferoides, Acritosia vestibula

Type specimen: USNM 154055b, a shell (Articulated shell)

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USNM724j, Gilliland Canyon, Glass Mountains (Permian of Texas)

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