Septacamera stupenda Grant 1971 (lamp shell)

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 opitula, Septacamera pybensis, Septacamera triangulata

Type specimen: USNM 163628. Its type locality is USGS 2452, Pybus Cliff, Halleck Harbor, Kuiu Island, which is in a Wordian marine limestone in the Pybus Formation of Alaska.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (8: Alaska collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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