Paranorella Cloud 1944 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Paranorellidae

Full reference: P. E. Cloud. 1944. Part III: Permian brachiopods, in Geology and paleontology of the Permian area northwest of Las Delicias, southwestern Coahuila, Mexico. Geological Society of America Special Paper 52:49-69

Parent taxon: Paranorellinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Gruntia, Sanjuania

Subtaxa: Paranorella aquilonia Paranorella changmeensis Paranorella comptula Paranorella imperialis Paranorella longlinensis

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Type: Paranorella imperialis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (1 collection), Mexico (3), United States (14: Texas)

• Carboniferous of China (1)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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