Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Alternative combination: Stauromata esoterica
Full reference: P.R. Hoover. 1981. Paleontology, Taphonomy, and Paleoecology of the Palmarito Formation (Permian of Venezuela). Bulletins of American Paleontology 80(313):1-138
Belongs to Dyoros according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Hoover 1981
Sister taxa: Dyoros (Dyoros), Dyoros (Lissosia), Dyoros (Tetragonetes), Dyoros acanthopelix, Dyoros grandis, Dyoros kaibabensis, Dyoros lamellosa, Dyoros pentagonalis, Dyoros semicircularis
Type specimen: USNM 221040, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Capilla de la Santa Cruz de Palmarito, Locality 7, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Palmarito Formation of Venezuela.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Venezuela (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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