Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
Alternative combinations: Aulosteges guadalupensis, Rhamnaria guadalupensis, Strophalosia (Aulosteges) guadalupensis
Full reference: B. F. Shumard. 1858. Notice of new fossils from the Permian strata of New Mexico and Texas, collected by Dr. George G. Shumard, geologist of the United States Government expedition for obtaining water by means of artesian wells along the 32nd parallel, under the direction of Capt John Pope, US Corps Topographic Engineers. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 1:290-297
Belongs to Echinosteges according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
See also Girty 1908, Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960, Shumard 1858 and Shumard 1859
Sister taxon: Echinosteges tuberculatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is White limestone of the Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Capitan Formation of Texas
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (36: Texas collections)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
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