Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

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: Wellerellinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Cenorhynchia, Lissella, Myopugnax, Phrenophoria, Plekonella, Wellerella

Subtaxa: Tautosia angulata, Tautosia distorta, Tautosia elegans, Tautosia expansa, Tautosia fastigiata, Tautosia galbina, Tautosia lenumbona, Tautosia magnisepta, Tautosia podistra, Tautosia pulchra, Tautosia shumardiana, Tautosia transenna, Tautosia zhinanensis

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Type: Tautosia fastigiata

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder