†Cricosia Cooper 1973 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1973. Fossil and recent Cancellothyridacea (Brachiopoda). Tohoku University, Science Reports, 2nd Series (Geology), Special Volume 6:371-390
Parent taxon: Cricosiinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Cooper 1973 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bisulcina, Cruralina, Gyrosoria, Symphythyris
Subtaxa: Cricosia filosa
Type: Terebratulina filosa
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (10: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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