Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Pseudodielasmatidae
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 Pseudodielasma according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976
Sister taxa: Pseudodielasma brilli, Pseudodielasma gibberum, Pseudodielasma globulum, Pseudodielasma jipuensis, Pseudodielasma magnum, Pseudodielasma minor, Pseudodielasma orientalum, Pseudodielasma ovatum, Pseudodielasma perplexa, Pseudodielasma pingue, Pseudodielasma pinyonense, Pseudodielasma plicatum, Pseudodielasma scutulatum, Pseudodielasma subcirculare, Pseudodielasma sulcatum
Type specimen: USNM 153361d, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USNM706e, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Word Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (3: Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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