Collemataria Cooper and Grant 1974 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1974. Permian brachiopods of West Texas, II. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 15:233-793

Parent taxon: Lyttoniinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cardinocrania, Coscinophora, Eolyttonia, Gubleria, Keyserlingina, Leptodus, Loxophragmus, Matanoleptodus, Oldhamina, Oldhaminella, Pararigbyella, Petasmaia, Pirgulia

Subtaxa: Collemataria americana Collemataria batilliformis Collemataria elongata Collemataria gregaria Collemataria irregularis Collemataria marshalli Collemataria platys Collemataria spatulata Collemataria venezuelensis

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Type: Collemataria elongata

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (3 collections), Mexico (5), the Russian Federation (1), United States (92: New Mexico, Texas), Venezuela (1)

Total: 102 collections including 112 occurrences

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