Coopericus semisulcatus Cooper and Grant 1975 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Schrenkiellidae

Alternative combination: Linoproductus semisulcatus

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 Coopericus according to S. S. Lazarev 2004

See also Cooper and Grant 1975

Sister taxa: Coopericus angustus, Coopericus undatus

Type specimen: USNM 149490a, a valve (Ventral valve). Its type locality is USNM706x, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in an Asselian marine limestone in the Neal Ranch Formation of Texas.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (8: Texas collections)

• Carboniferous of United States (3: New Mexico)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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