Craspedelia Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

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

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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

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