†Madarosia pentagona Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
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 Madarosia according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976
Sister taxon: Madarosia anterolamellata
Type specimen: USNM 154930, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at AMNH512, Guadalupe Pass, Guadalupe Mountains (Permian of Texas)
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