Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Full reference: R. E. King. 1931. The Geology of the Glass Mountains, Texas, Part II, Faunal summary and correlation of the Permian formations with description of Brachiopoda. The University of Texas Bulletin 3042:1-245
Belongs to Orthotichia according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976
See also King 1931
Sister taxa: Orthotichia altilis, Orthotichia avushensis, Orthotichia chekiangensis, Orthotichia derbyi, Orthotichia fushanensis, Orthotichia gypidularhynchia, Orthotichia hueconiana, Orthotichia irregularis, Orthotichia japonica, Orthotichia jiangxiensis, Orthotichia latirostrata, Orthotichia lengshuixiensis, Orthotichia lentiformis, Orthotichia magnifica, Orthotichia marmorea, Orthotichia morganiana, Orthotichia nana, Orthotichia nawtawaketensis, Orthotichia newelli, Orthotichia parva, Orthotichia pentamera, Orthotichia sulcata, Orthotichia tongluensis, Orthotichia transversa, Orthotichia trigona, Orthotichia xizangensis
Type specimen: YPM 12651, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is R.E. King 92, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in an Asselian marine shale in the Neal Ranch Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (23: Texas collections)
• Carboniferous of United States (4: Texas)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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