Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
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 Pontisia according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. 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 stehlii, Pontisia ventricola, Pontisia wolfcampensis
Type specimen: USNM 154734, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USNM732j, Sierra del Norte, Glass Mountains (Permian of Texas)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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