Nothopindax Cooper and Grant 1974 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae

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: Derbyiidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Derbyia, Diplanus, Dorsoscyphus, Streptopomum

Subtaxa: Nothopindax egregius

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Type: Nothopindax egregius

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (3: Texas collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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