Trifidorostellum obscurum Cooper and Dutro 1982 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae

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 Trifidorostellum according to G. A. Cooper and J. T. Dutro 1982

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 200981, a shell

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Loc. 506b. North side of New Mexico Highway 180, 3.25 miles east of Santa Rita (Devonian of New Mexico)

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