Pseudodielasma perplexa Brill 1940 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Pseudodielasmatidae

Full reference: K. G. Brill. 1940. Brachiopods of the Whitehorse Sandstone, in Invertebrate fauna of the late Permian Whitehorse Sandstone. Geological Society America Bulletin 51:261-336

Belongs to Pseudodielasma according to K. G. Brill 1940

Sister taxa: Pseudodielasma brilli, Pseudodielasma gibberum, Pseudodielasma globulum, Pseudodielasma jipuensis, Pseudodielasma lobatum, Pseudodielasma magnum, Pseudodielasma minor, Pseudodielasma orientalum, Pseudodielasma ovatum, Pseudodielasma pingue, Pseudodielasma pinyonense, Pseudodielasma plicatum, Pseudodielasma scutulatum, Pseudodielasma subcirculare, Pseudodielasma sulcatum

Type specimen: YPM 15278. Its type locality is Naco Butte, Hall County (Dozier Lens, Newell 9, Roth 361-C), which is in a Capitanian shallow subtidal dolomite in the Whitehorse Formation of Texas.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (3: Oklahoma, Texas collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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