Kochiproductus primitivus Cooper and Grant 1975 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1975. Permian Brachiopods of West Texas, III. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 19:795-1921

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

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

Type specimen: USNM 148950, a shell (Articulated shell)

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (1: Texas collection)

• Carboniferous of United States (6: Texas)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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