Pseudodielasma magnum Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)

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 lobatum, Pseudodielasma minor, Pseudodielasma orientalum, Pseudodielasma ovatum, Pseudodielasma perplexa, Pseudodielasma pingue, Pseudodielasma pinyonense, Pseudodielasma plicatum, Pseudodielasma scutulatum, Pseudodielasma subcirculare, Pseudodielasma sulcatum

Type specimen: USNM 153362a, a shell (Articulated shell)

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (6: Texas collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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