Phaceloorthis Percival 1991 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Giraldiellidae

Synonym: Boonderella Percival 1991

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: Giraldiellidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Percival 1991, Popov et al. 2000 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Comatopoma, Famatinorthis, Gelidorthina, Gelidorthis, Giraldiella, Kvania, Proteorthis, Scaphorthis, Tazzarinia

Subtaxa: Phaceloorthis decoris Phaceloorthis fasciculata Phaceloorthis recondita

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Type: Phaceloorthis decoris

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Australia (10 collections), Kazakhstan (4)

Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences

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