†Gypospirifer anancites Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)
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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 Gypospirifer according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976
Sister taxa: Gypospirifer condor, Gypospirifer gryphus, Gypospirifer infraplicus, Gypospirifer kobiyamai, Gypospirifer nelsoni, Gypospirifer volatilis
Type specimen: USNM 152895c, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)
• Carboniferous of United States (5: Texas)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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