Rhynchopora bicostata Cooper 1953 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1953. Sponges, Brachiopoda, Pelecypoda, and Scaphopoda. Permian fauna at El Antimonio, western Sonora, Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 119(2):21-80

Belongs to Rhynchopora according to G. A. Cooper 1953

Sister taxa: Rhynchopora abnormalis, Rhynchopora angulatiplicata, Rhynchopora arctica, Rhynchopora australasica, Rhynchopora beecheri, Rhynchopora complanata, Rhynchopora culta, Rhynchopora depressa, Rhynchopora dossena, Rhynchopora geinitziana, Rhynchopora grandirostris, Rhynchopora guadalupensis, Rhynchopora hebetata, Rhynchopora illinoisensis, Rhynchopora inconstantis, Rhynchopora kochi, Rhynchopora lobjaensis, Rhynchopora magna, Rhynchopora magnicosta, Rhynchopora matsumotoi, Rhynchopora molina, Rhynchopora nikitini, Rhynchopora palumbula, Rhynchopora patula, Rhynchopora relegata, Rhynchopora sansabensis, Rhynchopora scorsa, Rhynchopora solonensis, Rhynchopora sphenoides, Rhynchopora subtrigonalis, Rhynchopora taylori, Rhynchopora tchernyshae, Rhynchopora tenera, Rhynchopora tenuicostata, Rhynchopora tripartita, Rhynchopora variabilis, Rhynchopora wynnei, Rhynchopora zaljakensis

Type specimen: USNM 115481. Its type locality is USNM806r, Cerros de los Monos, El Antimonio, Sonora, which is in a Wordian marine limestone in the Antimonio Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USNM806r, Cerros de los Monos, El Antimonio, Sonora

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