Chonetes pygmoideus Cooper 1957 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1957. Permian brachiopods from central Oregon. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Contributions 134(12):1-79

Belongs to Chonetes according to G. A. Cooper 1957

Sister taxa: Chonetes baragwanathi, Chonetes chamishkjensis, Chonetes chaoi, Chonetes cherokeensis, Chonetes chesterensis, Chonetes compressa, Chonetes concentricus, Chonetes deflecta, Chonetes deliciasensis, Chonetes dereimsii, Chonetes flemingi, Chonetes foedus, Chonetes glabra, Chonetes glenparkensis, Chonetes gregarius, Chonetes illinoisensis, Chonetes laevis, Chonetes logani, Chonetes mesoloba, Chonetes missouriensis, Chonetes moelleri, Chonetes monosensis, Chonetes multicosta, Chonetes obtusa, Chonetes oklahomensis, Chonetes phosphoriensis, Chonetes pinegensis, Chonetes planumbona, Chonetes platynota, Chonetes posturalicus, Chonetes rarispina, Chonetes semiovalis, Chonetes shumardiana, Chonetes sichuanensis, Chonetes sinuatus, Chonetes squama, Chonetes suavis, Chonetes timanica, Chonetes variolaris

Type specimen: USNM 125469. Its type locality is S30, 1.5 miles WNW of Sherman Ranch, Grindstone-Twelvemile Creek area, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone/sandstone in the Coyote Butte Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at S30, 1.5 miles WNW of Sherman Ranch, Grindstone-Twelvemile Creek area

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