Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
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 Wellerella according to M. A. Torres-MartÃnez et al. 2019
See also Cooper 1953 and Lee and Gu 1980
Sister taxa: Wellerella arthaberi, Wellerella bidentata, Wellerella connivens, Wellerella delicatula, Wellerella girtyi, Wellerella globosa, Wellerella granum, Wellerella hemiplicata, Wellerella longiplicata, Wellerella minuta, Wellerella multiplicata, Wellerella nitidula, Wellerella osagensis, Wellerella polycostata, Wellerella rotunda, Wellerella saxatilis, Wellerella tetrahedra, Wellerella texana, Wellerella truncata
Type specimen: USNM 115541. Its type locality is USNM806h, 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:
• Permian of China (1 collection), Mexico (15)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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