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) planus, Dyoros (Tetragonetes) quadrangulatus, Dyoros (Tetragonetes) rectangulatus, Dyoros (Tetragonetes) solidus, Dyoros (Tetragonetes) subquadratus, Dyoros (Tetragonetes) tetragonus, Dyoros (Tetragonetes) wordensis
Type specimen: USNM 152036a, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USNM703d, Road Canyon Formation, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USNM703d, Road Canyon Formation, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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