Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods of west Texas, V. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 24:2609-3159
Belongs to Glossothyropsis according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976
Sister taxa: Glossothyropsis cryptacanthoides, Glossothyropsis immatura, Glossothyropsis juvenis, Glossothyropsis magna, Glossothyropsis polita, Glossothyropsis rectangulata, Glossothyropsis robusta, Glossothyropsis sinuata, Glossothyropsis superba
Type specimen: USNM 154353a, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USNM737b, Sierra del Norte, Glass Mountains (Permian of Texas)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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