†Sceletonia Cooper and Grant 1974 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae
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: Poikilosakinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Adriana, Choanodus, Poikilosakos, Pseudoleptodus
Subtaxa: Sceletonia crassa
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), United States (7: Texas)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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