†Xestosia obsolescens Cooper and Grant 1975 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
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 Xestosia according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
Sister taxon: Xestosia schucherti
Type specimen: USNM 148861b, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USNM702un, Split Tank, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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