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Hercosestria cribrosa (multiple individuals) | |
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Genus: | Hercosestria Cooper & Grant, 1969
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Hercosestria is an extinct genus of brachiopods from the Lower and Middle Permian. [1] They were important reef-forming organisms because of their conical shapes, attaching spines, and gregarious habits. [2] It is related to Richthofenia. [3] Species of the genus have been found in Texas (H. cribrosa and H. laevis) and Guatemala (H. notialis).
Hercosestria Temporal range:
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Hercosestria cribrosa (multiple individuals) | |
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Genus: | Hercosestria Cooper & Grant, 1969
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Hercosestria is an extinct genus of brachiopods from the Lower and Middle Permian. [1] They were important reef-forming organisms because of their conical shapes, attaching spines, and gregarious habits. [2] It is related to Richthofenia. [3] Species of the genus have been found in Texas (H. cribrosa and H. laevis) and Guatemala (H. notialis).