Rhynchopora guadalupensis Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods of west Texas, V. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 24:2609-3159

Belongs to Rhynchopora according to M. A. Torres-Martínez et al. 2019

See also Cooper and Grant 1976

Sister taxa: Rhynchopora abnormalis, Rhynchopora angulatiplicata, Rhynchopora arctica, Rhynchopora australasica, Rhynchopora beecheri, Rhynchopora bicostata, Rhynchopora complanata, Rhynchopora culta, Rhynchopora depressa, Rhynchopora dossena, Rhynchopora geinitziana, Rhynchopora grandirostris, Rhynchopora hebetata, Rhynchopora illinoisensis, Rhynchopora inconstantis, Rhynchopora kochi, Rhynchopora lobjaensis, Rhynchopora magna, Rhynchopora magnicosta, Rhynchopora matsumotoi, Rhynchopora molina, Rhynchopora nikitini, Rhynchopora palumbula, Rhynchopora patula, Rhynchopora relegata, Rhynchopora sansabensis, Rhynchopora scorsa, Rhynchopora solonensis, Rhynchopora sphenoides, Rhynchopora subtrigonalis, Rhynchopora taylori, Rhynchopora tchernyshae, Rhynchopora tenera, Rhynchopora tenuicostata, Rhynchopora tripartita, Rhynchopora variabilis, Rhynchopora wynnei, Rhynchopora zaljakensis

Type specimen: USNM 152884, a shell (Articulated shell)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Mexico (2 collections), United States (4: Texas)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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