Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1957. Permian brachiopods from central Oregon. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Contributions 134(12):1-79
Belongs to Waagenoconcha according to G. R. Shi and J.B. Waterhouse 1996
See also Cooper 1957
Sister taxa: Waagenoconcha (Gruntoconcha), Waagenoconcha abnakensis, Waagenoconcha angustata, Waagenoconcha asiatica, Waagenoconcha bhalensis, Waagenoconcha convexa, Waagenoconcha cylindricus, Waagenoconcha elegantula, Waagenoconcha gangetica, Waagenoconcha humboldti, Waagenoconcha impercepta, Waagenoconcha imperfecta, Waagenoconcha irginae, Waagenoconcha irginaeformis, Waagenoconcha krystofovichi, Waagenoconcha leonardensis, Waagenoconcha magnifica, Waagenoconcha omanica, Waagenoconcha payeri, Waagenoconcha peregoedovi, Waagenoconcha permocarbonica, Waagenoconcha piassinaensis, Waagenoconcha platys, Waagenoconcha prophetica, Waagenoconcha punctulata, Waagenoconcha serialis, Waagenoconcha subpermocarbonica, Waagenoconcha sulcata, Waagenoconcha tastubensis, Waagenoconcha tumenlingensis, Waagenoconcha vagans, Waagenoconcha waageni, Waagenoconcha wardlawi, Waagenoconcha wimani
Type specimen: USNM 125353. Its type locality is UO 636, "Lunch Creek", Grindstone-Twelvemile Creek area, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone/sandstone in the Coyote Butte Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (4: Yukon collections), United States (5: Oregon)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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