Beecheria elliptica Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Beecheriidae

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

Sister taxa: Beecheria angusta, Beecheria bovidens, Beecheria chouteauensis, Beecheria curva, Beecheria expansa, Beecheria fernglenensis, Beecheria kargaliensis, Beecheria lidarensis, Beecheria magna, Beecheria netschajewi, Beecheria samarica

Type specimen: USNM 153351, a shell (Articulated shell)

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (4: Texas collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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