Cruralina cubensis Cooper 1979 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1979. Tertiary and Cretaceous Brachiopods from Cuba and the Caribbean. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 37:1-45

Belongs to Cruralina according to G. A. Cooper 1979

Sister taxon: Cruralina guadalupae

Type specimen: USNM 549408. Its type locality is Palmer Loc. 812, railroad cut south of central San Antonio, which is in a Cretaceous carbonate chalk in Cuba.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Palmer Loc. 812, railroad cut south of central San Antonio

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