†Micraphelia Cooper and Grant 1969 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1969. New Permian brachiopods from west Texas. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 1:1-20
Parent taxon: Undulellinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Subtilichonetes, Undulella
Subtaxa: Chonetes permiana Micraphelia minuta Micraphelia pumilis Micraphelia scitula Micraphelia subalata
Type: Micraphelia scitula
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Japan (1 collection), Malaysia (2), the Russian Federation (5), United States (46: New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 54 collections including 70 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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