Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Full reference: J. L. Carter. 1967. Mississippian brachiopods from the Chappel Limestone of central Texas. Bulletins of American Paleontology 53(238):249-488
Belongs to Coledium according to J. L. Carter 1967
Sister taxa: Coledium altisulcatum, Coledium angarium, Coledium bowsheri, Coledium cestriensis, Coledium cheni, Coledium costacurtosus, Coledium costulatum, Coledium crassa, Coledium dutroi, Coledium elvinia, Coledium erugatum, Coledium evexum, Coledium explanatum, Coledium globulinum, Coledium indentatum, Coledium obesum, Coledium opimum, Coledium rhomboidale, Coledium rhomboidea, Coledium saquensis, Coledium satuni, Coledium selongensis, Coledium therum, Coledium torvum, Coledium undulatum
Type specimen: USNM 154681, a shell. Its type locality is Valkenburg aan de Geul, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Maastricht Formation of the Netherlands.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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