†Craspedelia Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Bimuriidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Parent taxon: Bimuriidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Cooper 1956 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Asperdelia, Bimuria
Subtaxa: Craspedelia gabata Craspedelia marginata Craspedelia potterella Craspedelia roomusoksi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (1: Alabama collection)
• Ordovician of Kazakhstan (10), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (2: Alaska)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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