Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Synonyms: Erismatina Waterhouse 1983, Parageyerella He and Zhu 1985
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: Streptorhynchinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Chen and Liao 2007, Sepkoski 2002 and Shen and Shi 2007
Sister taxa: Arcitreta, Arctitreta, Bothrostegium, Chelononia, Drahanorhynchus, Kiangsiella, Notostrophia, Pseudostreptorhynchus, Streptorhynchus, Taimyropsis
Subtaxa: Erismatina cooperi Tropidelasma anthicum Tropidelasma corniculum Tropidelasma costellatum Tropidelasma culmenatum Tropidelasma curtum Tropidelasma daijiagouensis Tropidelasma elongata Tropidelasma furcillatum Tropidelasma gregarium Tropidelasma perattenuatum Tropidelasma ptomatis Tropidelasma pygmaeum Tropidelasma rhamphodes Tropidelasma robertsi Tropidelasma strobilum Tropidelasma triangularis Tropidelasma undulatum Tropidelasma yamasugensis Tropidelasma zhongliangshanensis
Type: Tropidelasma culmenatum
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (12 collections), Greece (3), Japan (3), Mexico (3), Thailand (3), United States (108: New Mexico, Texas)
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Texas)
Total: 135 collections including 144 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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