Craspedalosia Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Strophalosiidae

Full reference: H. Muir-Wood and G. A. Cooper. 1960. Morphology, classification and life habits of the Productoidea (Brachiopoda). Geological Society of America Memoir 81:1-447

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

See also Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Biplatyconcha, Coronalosia, Etherilosia, Heteralosia, Leptalosia, Lialosia, Licharewiella, Liveringia, Sphenalosia, Strophalosia, Subtaeniothaerus, Tupelosia

Subtaxa: Craspedalosia lamellosa Craspedalosia pulchella Craspedalosia vaneivisica

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), Greenland (13), Pakistan (5), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence

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