Rostranteris sulcatum Cooper 1957 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1957. Permian brachiopods from central Oregon. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Contributions 134(12):1-79

Belongs to Rostranteris according to G. A. Cooper 1957

Sister taxa: Rostranteris adrianense, Rostranteris bachmutiensis, Rostranteris charymdarensis, Rostranteris exile, Rostranteris gemmellaroi, Rostranteris gibbosum, Rostranteris guttula, Rostranteris inflatum, Rostranteris jakovlevi, Rostranteris mediterraneum, Rostranteris merriami, Rostranteris mongoliensis, Rostranteris ovaleformis, Rostranteris ptychiventria, Rostranteris pulchrum, Rostranteris sinuatum, Rostranteris trispinus

Type specimen: USNM 125410. Its type locality is S41, 3.75 miles N of Sherman Ranch, Grindstone-Twelvemile Creek area, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone/sandstone in the Coyote Butte Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (3: Oregon collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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