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 P. E. Cloud 1944
See also Wardlaw et al. 1979
Sister taxa: Leiorhynchoidea amygdaloidea, Leiorhynchoidea cloudi, Leiorhynchoidea rotundidorsa, Leiorhynchoidea scelesta, Leiorhynchoidea schucherti, Leiorhynchoidea sulcata, Leiorhynchoidea variabilis
Type specimen: YPM S-2734. Its type locality is King 8, Bed 14, La Difunta section, Las Delicias, which is in a Wordian marine shale in the Palo Quemado Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Mexico (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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