Leiorhynchoidea rotundidorsa Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae

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 Leiorhynchoidea according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976

Sister taxa: Leiorhynchoidea amygdaloidea, Leiorhynchoidea cloudi, Leiorhynchoidea laevis, Leiorhynchoidea scelesta, Leiorhynchoidea schucherti, Leiorhynchoidea sulcata, Leiorhynchoidea variabilis

Type specimen: USNM 148285b, a valve (Ventral valve)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USNM728, Guadalupe Pass, Guadalupe Mountains (Permian of Texas)

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