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 Dyoros (Dyoros) according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
Sister taxa: Dyoros (Dyoros) angulatus, Dyoros (Dyoros) attenuatus, Dyoros (Dyoros) consanguineus, Dyoros (Dyoros) convexus, Dyoros (Dyoros) endospinus, Dyoros (Dyoros) extensiformis, Dyoros (Dyoros) extensus, Dyoros (Dyoros) hillanus, Dyoros (Dyoros) intrepidus, Dyoros (Dyoros) magnus, Dyoros (Dyoros) mucronata, Dyoros (Dyoros) planiextensus, Dyoros (Dyoros) pseudotrapezoidalis, Dyoros (Dyoros) robustus, Dyoros (Dyoros) spitzbergianus, Dyoros (Dyoros) subliratus, Dyoros (Dyoros) transversus, Dyoros (Dyoros) vulgaris
Type specimen: USNM 151996a, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USNM706, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Word Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (4: Texas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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