Pseudospondylospira perplexa Hoover 1991 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spondylospiridae

Full reference: P. R. Hoover. 1991. Late Triassic cyrtinoid spiriferinacean brachiopods from western North America and their biostratigraphic and biogeographic implications. Bulletins of American Paleontology 100(337):63-109

Belongs to Pseudospondylospira according to P. R. Hoover 1991

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS M1906 Cornwallis Peninsula, Keku Strait, which is in a Norian shallow subtidal limestone in the Cornwallis Formation of Alaska

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of United States (9: Alaska, Nevada, Oregon collections)

Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences

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