†family Orthotetellidae Cooper and Grant 1974 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Orthotetellidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1974. Permian brachiopods of West Texas, II. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 15:233-793

Parent taxon: Orthotetoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Derbyiidae, Meekellidae, Orthotetidae, Pulsiidae, Schuchertellidae

Subtaxa: Hypopsia Orthotetella

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Type: Orthotetella

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (20: Texas collections)

• Carboniferous of United States (9: Texas)

Total: 29 collections including 30 occurrences

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