Notothyris planiplicata Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae

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 Notothyris according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976

Sister taxa: Dielasma (Notothyris) triangularis, Notothyris acuta, Notothyris berkeyi, Notothyris bifoldes, Notothyris buriensis, Notothyris chainahaensis, Notothyris crassa, Notothyris daudensis, Notothyris depressus, Notothyris djoulfensis, Notothyris duplicata, Notothyris fissicostata, Notothyris ghundiensis, Notothyris gillilandensis, Notothyris gojraensis, Notothyris hexeris, Notothyris inaequiplicata, Notothyris inflata, Notothyris irregularis, Notothyris jalaidensis, Notothyris lenticularis, Notothyris liangshuikouensis, Notothyris lochardi, Notothyris lucida, Notothyris minuta, Notothyris multiplicata, Notothyris nucleolus, Notothyris orthosinus, Notothyris polaris, Notothyris praelecta, Notothyris pseudodjoulfensis, Notothyris qujiangensis, Notothyris rectimarginatus, Notothyris revocata, Notothyris riparia, Notothyris sakagami, Notothyris sarinensis, Notothyris shizilingensis, Notothyris simplex, Notothyris subnucleolus, Notothyris subpentagona, Notothyris subvesicularis, Notothyris triplax, Notothyris triplicata, Notothyris uralica, Notothyris venusta, Notothyris walkeri, Notothyris warthi

Type specimen: USNM 153455b, a shell (Articulated shell)

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (3: Texas collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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