Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
Synonym: Texasia Cooper and Grant 1969 [replaced name]
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1970. New name for brachiopod homonym and citation of types. Journal of Paleontology 44(3):579
Parent taxon: Cryptonellinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Cooper and Grant 1970, Cooper and Grant 1976 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Booralia, Cryptonella, Dielasmella, Gacina, Heterelasma, Petriathyris
Subtaxa: Texarina elongata Texarina oblongata Texarina parallela Texarina paucula Texarina solita Texarina wordensis
Type: Texasia oblongata
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection)
• Permian of Croatia (1), Mexico (1), United States (58: Texas), Venezuela (1)
Total: 62 collections including 70 occurrences
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