Tropidoleptus platys Cooper and Dutro 1982 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Tropidoleptidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and J. T. Dutro. 1982. Devonian brachiopods of New Mexico. Bulletins of American Paleontology 82-83(315):1-125

Belongs to Tropidoleptus according to G. A. Cooper and J. T. Dutro 1982

Sister taxon: Tropidoleptus carinatus

Type specimen: USNM 20110le, a shell

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tropidoleptus platys in the database

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.