Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1969. New Permian brachiopods from west Texas. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 1:1-20
Belongs to Plectelasma according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976
See also Cooper and Grant 1969
Sister taxa: Plectelasma dubium, Plectelasma guadalupense, Plectelasma nitidum, Plectelasma planidorsatum
Type specimen: UNSM 153355b, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USNM708e, Lenox Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (4: Texas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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