Brochocarina (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Orthotetidae

Parent taxon: Orthotetidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also McIntosh 1974 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Apsocalymma, Derbyoides, Hipparionyx, Orthotetes, Tapajotia, Werriea

Subtaxa: Brochocarina trearnensis Brochocarina wexfordensis

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Type: Brochocarina wexfordensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Southwestern Tarim Basin, Aitegou Section, Heshilafu Formation, Vbr Zone (Carboniferous of China)

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