†Falafer epidelus Grant 1972 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Productida - Cooperinidae
Full reference: R. E. Grant. 1972. The lophophore and feeding mechanism of the Productidina (Brachiopoda). Journal of Paleontology 46(2):213-249
Belongs to Falafer according to R. E. Grant 1972
Sister taxa: Falafer fusuiensis, Falafer heshanensis, Falafer hunanensis, Falafer triminulus
Type specimen: USNM 169736, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USNM9260, Episkopi, Hydra Island, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine packstone/wackestone in the Episkopi Formation of Greece.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Greece (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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