Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Petasmatheridae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods from West Texas, IV. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 21:1923-2607
Belongs to Elassonia according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
Sister taxa: Elassonia micraria, Elassonia scitula, Elassonia sobrina
Type specimen: USNM 148255a, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USNM702un, Split Tank, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (3: Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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