Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Full reference: J. L. Benedetto and P. A. Carrasco. 2002. Tremadoc (earliest Ordovician) brachiopods from Purmamarca and the Sierra de Mojotoro, Cordillera Oriental of northwestern Argentina. Géobios 35:647-661
Belongs to Lipanorthis according to D. A. T. Harper et al. 2004
See also Benedetto and Carrasco 2002
Sister taxon: Lipanorthis andinus
Type specimen: CEGH–UNC 20481a, a valve (External and internal molds of a dorsal valve). Its type locality is Abra de Santa Laura F-2, Sierra de Mojotoro, Floresta Formation, Jujuy, which is in a Tremadoc coastal sandstone/siltstone in the Floresta Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Tremadoc of Argentina (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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