Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1969. New Permian brachiopods from west Texas. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 1:1-20
Belongs to Pontisia according to P.R. Hoover 1981
See also Cooper and Grant 1969 and Cooper and Grant 1976
Sister taxa: Pontisia boodi, Pontisia costata, Pontisia exoria, Pontisia franklinensis, Pontisia kingi, Pontisia longicosta, Pontisia magnicostata, Pontisia nanas, Pontisia parva, Pontisia robusta, Pontisia truncata, Pontisia ventricola, Pontisia wolfcampensis
Type specimen: USNM 153835a, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Mexico (1 collection), United States (32: Texas), Venezuela (4)
Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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