Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Alternative combination: Megousia nasuta
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 Linoproductus according to M. A. Torres-MartÃnez et al. 2019
See also Coogan 1960, Cooper and Grant 1975, King 1931 and Licharew and Kotlyar 1978
Sister taxa: Linoproductus achunowensis, Linoproductus altonensis, Linoproductus antonioi, Linoproductus caima, Linoproductus cambodgensis, Linoproductus capillatus, Linoproductus cora, Linoproductus croneisi, Linoproductus decorus, Linoproductus delawarii, Linoproductus delicatus, Linoproductus derbyi, Linoproductus distortus, Linoproductus dorotheevi, Linoproductus duanwuensis, Linoproductus echinatus, Linoproductus elongata, Linoproductus fujianensis, Linoproductus giganteus, Linoproductus hayasakai, Linoproductus huananensis, Linoproductus kaseti, Linoproductus kentrometopon, Linoproductus kharaulakhensis, Linoproductus limatus, Linoproductus lineatus, Linoproductus lutkewitschi, Linoproductus meniscus, Linoproductus neffedievi, Linoproductus oklahomae, Linoproductus ovalis, Linoproductus ovatus, Linoproductus pigrami, Linoproductus planata, Linoproductus planiventralis, Linoproductus pollex, Linoproductus popowi, Linoproductus prattenianus, Linoproductus rhiphaeus, Linoproductus rugiformis, Linoproductus shabulengensis, Linoproductus simensis, Linoproductus sulcata, Linoproductus superba, Linoproductus svalbardensis, Linoproductus tenuicostus, Linoproductus tenuistriatus, Linoproductus tingriensis, Linoproductus transcaucasicus, Linoproductus triangularis, Productus (Linoproductus) lahuseni
Type specimen: YPM 11523. Its type locality is R.E. King 246, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Word Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Mexico (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1), United States (12: California, Texas)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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