Chonosteges multicostatus 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 costellatus, Chonosteges limbatus, Chonosteges magnicostatus, Chonosteges matutinus, Chonosteges pulcher, Chonosteges variabilis

Type specimen: USNM 149301c, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USNM703bs, Cathedral Mountain Formation, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USNM703bs, Cathedral Mountain Formation, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains

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