Dyoros (Tetragonetes) planus Cooper and Grant 1975 (lamp shell)

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 (Tetragonetes) according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975

Sister taxa: Dyoros (Tetragonetes) auriculatus, Dyoros (Tetragonetes) complanatus, Dyoros (Tetragonetes) giganteus, Dyoros (Tetragonetes) lateralis, Dyoros (Tetragonetes) quadrangulatus, Dyoros (Tetragonetes) rectangulatus, Dyoros (Tetragonetes) solidus, Dyoros (Tetragonetes) strigosus, Dyoros (Tetragonetes) subquadratus, Dyoros (Tetragonetes) tetragonus, Dyoros (Tetragonetes) wordensis

Type specimen: USNM 152008b, a shell (Articulated shell)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (6: Texas collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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