†Leptoskelidion septulosum Amsden 1974 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Linoporellidae
Full reference: T. W. Amsden. 1974. Late Ordovician and Early Silurian articulate brachiopods from Oklahoma, southwestern Illinois, and eastern Missouri. Bulletin - Oklahoma Geological Survey 119:1-154
Belongs to Leptoskelidion according to T. W. Amsden 1974
Sister taxon: Leptoskelidion loci
Type specimen: OU 6772. Its type locality is Locality B. south edge of Louisiana, which is in a Hirnantian sand shoal limestone in the Noix Limestone Formation of Missouri.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (4: Missouri, Oklahoma collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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