Bryorhynchus gratiosum Girty 1909 (brachiopod)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae

Alternative combination: Pugnax gratiosa

Synonym: Pugnax bisulcata seminuloides Girty 1909

Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1909. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651

Belongs to Bryorhynchus according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976

See also Girty 1909

Sister taxa: Bryorhynchus bisulcatum, Bryorhynchus nitidum, Bryorhynchus plicatum

Type specimens:

  • Bryorhynchus gratiosum: USNM 118559, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USGS 2930 green, Pine Spring, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Wordian slope limestone in the Bell Canyon Formation of Texas.
  • Pugnax bisulcata seminuloides:

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (9: Texas collections)

Total: 9 collections including 11 occurrences

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