Kochiproductus occidentalis King 1931 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae

Alternative combination: Buxtonia occidentalis

Full reference: R. E. King. 1931. The Geology of the Glass Mountains, Texas, Part II, Faunal summary and correlation of the Permian formations with description of Brachiopoda. The University of Texas Bulletin 3042:1-245

Belongs to Kochiproductus according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975

See also King 1931

Sister taxa: Kochiproductus afghanus, Kochiproductus carboniferous, Kochiproductus elongatus, Kochiproductus longlinensis, Kochiproductus maximus, Kochiproductus okutadamiensis, Kochiproductus peruvianus, Kochiproductus plexicostatus, Kochiproductus porrectus, Kochiproductus primitivus, Kochiproductus quadratus, Kochiproductus riojanus, Kochiproductus saranaeanus, Kochiproductus sinensis, Kochiproductus sultanaevi, Kochiproductus tianchiensis, Kochiproductus transversus, Kochiproductus victorioensis

Type specimen: YPM 11548. Its type locality is R.E. King 93, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in an Asselian carbonate limestone in the Neal Ranch Formation of Texas.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (3: Texas collections)

• Carboniferous of United States (10: Texas)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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