Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Pseudodielasmatidae
Alternative combinations: Dielasma minor, Dielasma schucherti minor
Full reference: R. E. King. 1931. The Geology of the Glass Mountains, Texas, Part II, Faunal summary and correlation of the Permian formations with description of Brachiopoda. The University of Texas Bulletin 3042:1-245
Belongs to Pseudodielasma according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976
See also King 1931
Sister taxa: Pseudodielasma brilli, Pseudodielasma gibberum, Pseudodielasma globulum, Pseudodielasma jipuensis, Pseudodielasma lobatum, Pseudodielasma magnum, Pseudodielasma orientalum, Pseudodielasma ovatum, Pseudodielasma perplexa, Pseudodielasma pingue, Pseudodielasma pinyonense, Pseudodielasma plicatum, Pseudodielasma scutulatum, Pseudodielasma subcirculare, Pseudodielasma sulcatum
Type specimen: YPM 12156a, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Amb, "Chonetes Bed", Salt Range, which is in a Wordian coastal sandstone in the Amb Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (8: Texas collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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