†Xenosaria Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods from West Texas, IV. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 21:1923-2607
Parent taxon: Xenosariinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Xenosaria exotica Xenosaria tenuis
Type: Xenosaria exotica
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Greece (1 collection), United States (4: Texas)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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