Pseudoparazyga cooperi Merriam 1940 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae

Alternative combination: Trematospira cooperi

Synonym: Trematospira mcbridei Merriam 1973

Full reference: C. W. Merriam. 1940. Devonian stratigraphy and paleontology of the Roberts Mountains Region, Nevada. Geological Society of America Special Papers 25:1-110

Belongs to Pseudoparazyga according to J. G. Johnson 1970

See also Johnson 1974, Merriam 1940 and Merriam 1973

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Pseudoparazyga cooperi: USNM 96372
  • Trematospira mcbridei: USNM 159579, a shell. Its type locality is USGS M409, Rabbit Hill, which is in a Pragian carbonate limestone in the Rabbit Hill Limestone Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (6: Nevada collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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