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 Cyclacantharia according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
Sister taxa: Cyclacantharia kingorum, Cyclacantharia paucispinosa, Cyclacantharia robusta, Cyclacantharia transitoria
Type specimen: USNM 151648, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USNM707a, Lenox Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in an Artinskian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (4: Texas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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