†Hercosestria Cooper and Grant 1969 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Productida - Hercosiidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1969. New Permian brachiopods from west Texas. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 1:1-20
Parent taxon: Hercosiidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Hercosia, Neorichthofenia, Sicularia, Strophorichthofenia
Subtaxa: Hercosestria cribrosa Hercosestria laevis Hercosestria notialis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Guatemala (2 collections), Mexico (2), Tajikistan (1), United States (21: Texas)
Total: 26 collections including 28 occurrences
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