Cyclacantharia kingorum Cooper and Grant 1969 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Cyclacanthariidae

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 Cyclacantharia according to M. A. Galeana-Moran et al. 2022

See also Cooper and Grant 1969, Cooper and Grant 1975 and Termier and Termier 1977

Sister taxa: Cyclacantharia gigantea, Cyclacantharia paucispinosa, Cyclacantharia robusta, Cyclacantharia transitoria

Type specimen: USNM 153831, a shell (Articulated shell)

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Mexico (3 collections), Tunisia (2), United States (50: Texas)

Total: 55 collections each including a single occurrence

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