Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae
Full reference: P. E. Cloud. 1944. Part III: Permian brachiopods, in Geology and paleontology of the Permian area northwest of Las Delicias, southwestern Coahuila, Mexico. Geological Society of America Special Paper 52:49-69
Belongs to Leiorhynchoidea according to C. González-Arreola et al. 1994
See also Cloud 1944 and Hoare 1961
Sister taxa: Leiorhynchoidea amygdaloidea, Leiorhynchoidea cloudi, Leiorhynchoidea laevis, Leiorhynchoidea rotundidorsa, Leiorhynchoidea scelesta, Leiorhynchoidea sulcata, Leiorhynchoidea variabilis
Type specimen: YPM S-2729. Its type locality is King 20, Beds 5,7, Cerro Wencelao to El Indio, Las Delicias, which is in a Capitanian marine shale/limestone in the La Difunta Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Mexico (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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