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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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