†Hercosestria cribrosa Cooper and Grant 1969 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Productida - Hercosiidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1969. New Permian brachiopods from west Texas. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 1:1-20
Belongs to Hercosestria according to M. A. Galeana-Moran et al. 2022
See also Cooper and Grant 1969 and Cooper and Grant 1975
Sister taxa: Hercosestria laevis, Hercosestria notialis
Type specimen: USNM 151804, a valve (Ventral valve)
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Mexico (4 collections), United States (19: Texas)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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