†Micraphelia pumilis 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 Micraphelia according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
Sister taxa: Chonetes permiana, Micraphelia minuta, Micraphelia scitula, Micraphelia subalata
Type specimen: USNM 152073a, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at AMNH46, Apache Canyon, Sierra Diablo (Permian of Texas)
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