Ectoposia wildei Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

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

Sister taxon: Ectoposia grandis

Type specimen: USNM 153446, 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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