Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1908. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651
Belongs to Heterelasma according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976
Sister taxa: Dielasma (Heterelasma) semitarium, Heterelasma angulatum, Heterelasma concavum, Heterelasma contortum, Heterelasma contrerasi, Heterelasma geniculatum, Heterelasma gibbosum, Heterelasma glansfagea, Heterelasma lenticularia, Heterelasma magnum, Heterelasma ngariensis, Heterelasma pentagonum, Heterelasma quadratum, Heterelasma shumardianum, Heterelasma solidum, Heterelasma sulciplicatum
Type specimen: USNM 118587a, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (10: Texas collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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