Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Alternative combinations: Pugnoides texanus, Rhynchonella texana
Full reference: B. F. Shumard. 1859. Notice of fossils from the Permian strata of Texas and New Mexico obtained by the United States expedition under Capt. John Pope, for boring artesian wells along the 32nd parallel, with descriptions of new species from these strata and the Coal Measures of that region. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 1:387-402
Belongs to Wellerella according to J. A. Harris et al. 2000
See also King 1931 and Shumard 1859
Sister taxa: Wellerella arthaberi, Wellerella bidentata, Wellerella connivens, Wellerella delicatula, Wellerella girtyi, Wellerella globosa, Wellerella granum, Wellerella hemiplicata, Wellerella lemasi, Wellerella longiplicata, Wellerella minuta, Wellerella multiplicata, Wellerella nitidula, Wellerella osagensis, Wellerella polycostata, Wellerella rotunda, Wellerella saxatilis, Wellerella tetrahedra, Wellerella truncata
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: New Mexico, Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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