Kochiproductus quadratus 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 primitivus, Kochiproductus riojanus, Kochiproductus saranaeanus, Kochiproductus sinensis, Kochiproductus sultanaevi, Kochiproductus tianchiensis, Kochiproductus transversus, Kochiproductus victorioensis

Type specimen: USNM 124065a, a shell (Articulated shell)

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USNM725z, Apache Canyon, Sierra Diablo (Permian of Texas)

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