Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
Alternative combination: Aulosteges magnicostatus
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1909. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651
Belongs to Chonosteges according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
See also Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Sister taxa: Chonosteges cooperi, Chonosteges costellatus, Chonosteges limbatus, Chonosteges matutinus, Chonosteges multicostatus, Chonosteges pulcher, Chonosteges variabilis
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 3840, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Word Formation of Texas
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (21: Texas collections)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
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