Pugnax utah Marcou 1858 (brachiopod)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae

Alternative combination: Terebratula uta

Full reference: J. Marcou. 1858. Geology of North America with two reports on the Prairies of Arkansas and Texas, the Rocky Mountains of New Mexico, and the Sierra Nevada of California 1-144

Belongs to Pugnax according to R. Kozlowski 1914

See also Marcou 1858

Sister taxa: Pugnax kayseri, Pugnax keyserlingi, Pugnax latesinuata, Pugnax morahensis, Pugnax sublaevis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Vicinity of Salt Lake City, which is in a Bashkirian carbonate limestone in the Round Valley Formation of Utah

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Azerbaijan (1 collection), United States (1: Alaska)

• Carboniferous to Permian of Bolivia (1)

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Ohio, Utah)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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