†Bowanorthis Percival 1991 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Wangyuiidae
Full reference: I. Percival. 1991. Late Ordovician articulate brachiopods from central New South Wales, Australia. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 11:107-177
Parent taxon: Wangyuiidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alpeisinae, Sigmelasma, Toxorthis, Wangyuia, Wangyuiinae
Subtaxa: Bowanorthis devexa Bowanorthis fragilis
Type: Bowanorthis fragilis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (8 collections), Kazakhstan (2)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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