Psilocamara renfroarum Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Psilocamaridae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. New Pennsylvanian Brachiopods. Journal of Paleontology 30(3):521-530

Belongs to Psilocamara according to R. E. Grant 1965

See also Cooper 1956

Sister taxa: Psilocamara athyriformis, Psilocamara hesperia, Psilocamara saginatum, Psilocamara sella

Type specimen: Its type locality is Road cut 5.7 miles north of Jacksboro on TX Hwy 148, which is in a Moscovian carbonate limestone in the Capps Formation of Texas

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (3: Missouri, Texas collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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