Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
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 Heterelasma according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976
Sister taxa: Dielasma (Heterelasma) semitarium, Heterelasma angulatum, Heterelasma biplexiforme, Heterelasma concavum, Heterelasma contortum, Heterelasma contrerasi, Heterelasma geniculatum, Heterelasma gibbosum, Heterelasma glansfagea, Heterelasma leganyii, Heterelasma lenticularia, Heterelasma magnum, Heterelasma ngariensis, Heterelasma pentagonum, Heterelasma quadratum, Heterelasma shumardianum, Heterelasma sulciplicatum, Heterelasma venustulum
Type specimen: USNM 153408a, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (5: Texas collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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