Chonosteges costellatus Cooper and Grant 1975 (lamp shell)

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

Sister taxa: Chonosteges cooperi, Chonosteges limbatus, Chonosteges magnicostatus, Chonosteges matutinus, Chonosteges multicostatus, Chonosteges pulcher, Chonosteges variabilis

Type specimen: USNM 152661a, a shell (Articulated shell)

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (12: Texas collections)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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