†Pleurelasma Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Pseudodielasmatidae
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: Pseudodielasmatidae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Fredericksolasma, Levenolasma, Marinurnula, Oligothyrina, Pseudodielasma, Pseudolowenstamia
Subtaxa: Pleurelasma costatum
Type: Pleurelasma costatum
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: New Mexico, Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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