Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
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 Paraspiriferina according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976
Sister taxa: Paraspiriferina amoena, Paraspiriferina billingsi, Paraspiriferina cellulana, Paraspiriferina convexa, Paraspiriferina evax, Paraspiriferina gentilis, Paraspiriferina ghundiensis, Paraspiriferina laqueata, Paraspiriferina multiplicata, Paraspiriferina paginata, Paraspiriferina pulchra, Paraspiriferina punjabensis, Paraspiriferina rotundata, Paraspiriferina sapinea, Paraspiriferina setulosa, Paraspiriferina transversa
Type specimen: USNM 153113i, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USNM760, Washakie Reservoir, which is in a Wuchiapingian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Park City Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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