†Sulcataria compacta Cooper and Grant 1975 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1975. Permian Brachiopods of West Texas, III. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 19:795-1921
Belongs to Sulcataria according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
Sister taxon: Sulcataria latisulcata
Type specimen: USNM 152080a, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USNM701, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains (Permian of Texas)
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