Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Full reference: R. E. Grant. 1971. Taxonomy and autecology of two arctic Permian rhynchonellid brachiopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 3:313-335
Belongs to Septacamera according to R. E. Grant 1971
Sister taxa: Septacamera kolymica, Septacamera kutorgae, Septacamera pybensis, Septacamera stupenda, Septacamera triangulata
Type specimen: GSC 13737, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is GSC 26406, Lyall River, Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island, which is in a Roadian offshore shelf sandstone/limestone in the Assistance Formation of Canada.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (3: Nunavut collections), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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