†Rhamnaria vinnula Cooper and Grant 1975 (lamp shell)
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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 Rhamnaria according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
Sister taxa: Rhamnaria bunopasi, Rhamnaria eximia, Rhamnaria grandis, Rhamnaria kingorum, Rhamnaria rectangulata, Rhamnaria shumardi, Rhamnaria sulcata, Rhamnaria tenuispinosa
Type specimen: USNM 149359b, a partial shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (17: Texas collections)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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