Chondronia Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods of west Texas, V. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 24:2609-3159

Parent taxon: Notothyrididae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alwynia, Cryptacanthiinae, Enallosia, Gefonia, Levinotothyris, Notothyrina, Notothyris, Pseudorostranteris, Rostranteris, Timorina

Subtaxa: Chondronia bella Chondronia hiroshimensis Chondronia ningula Chondronia obesa Chondronia ovalis Chondronia parva Chondronia rectimarginata

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Type: Chondronia bella

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Japan (1 collection), Turkey (1), United States (49: Texas)

Total: 51 collections each including a single occurrence

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