Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
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: Neospiriferinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002, Tazawa and Shen 1997 and Waterhouse 2004
Sister taxa: Betaneospirifer, Blasispirifer, Cartorhium, Costatispirifer, Crassispirifer, Cratispirifer, Fasciculatia, Fusispirifer, Fusispiriferinae, Gibbospirifer, Gypospirifer, Imperiospira, Kaninospirifer, Kaninospiriferinae, Lutuginia, Maxwellispirifer, Neospirifer, Occidalia, Pondospirifer, Saltospirifer, Septospirifer, Simplicisulcus, Spiriferalaria, Tibetospirifer
Subtaxa: Lepidospirifer angulatus Lepidospirifer costellus Lepidospirifer demissus Lepidospirifer inferus Lepidospirifer miyakei
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (1: Yukon collection), China (1), Japan (1), United States (31: Texas)
Total: 34 collections including 44 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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