Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods from West Texas, IV. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 21:1923-2607
Belongs to Cartorhium according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976
Sister taxa: Cartorhium alisangensis, Cartorhium chelomatum, Cartorhium coristum, Cartorhium imperfectum, Cartorhium latum, Cartorhium lunwalensis, Cartorhium mexicanum, Cartorhium multiradiatus, Cartorhium orbiculatum, Cartorhium retusum, Cartorhium rhomboidalis, Cartorhium twifurcifer, Cartorhium xikouensis, Cartorhium zoyei
Type specimen: USNM 154626a, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USNM706, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Word Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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