Hesperosia vespertina Cooper 1955 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Gibbithyrididae

Alternative combination: Rectithyris vespertina

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1955. New Cretaceous Brachiopoda from Arizona. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 131(4):1-18

Belongs to Hesperosia according to G. A. Cooper 1983

See also Cooper 1955

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM No. 124194b, a shell. Its type locality is Small hill opposite Glance Canyon mouth, 0.2 miles off US-80, which is in an Albian reef, buildup or bioherm rudstone in Arizona.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Small hill opposite Glance Canyon mouth, 0.2 miles off US-80

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