Paucicrura eximia Williams 1962 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae

Full reference: A. Williams. 1962. The Barr and lower Ardmillan series (Caradoc) of the Girvan District, south-west Ayrshire, with descriptions of the Brachiopoda. Memoir - Geological Society of London 3:1-267

Belongs to Paucicrura according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014

See also Williams 1962

Sister taxa: Paucicrura corpulenta, Paucicrura cristata, Paucicrura cristifera, Paucicrura fistulosa, Paucicrura navis, Paucicrura plana, Paucicrura quadrata, Paucicrura robusta, Paucicrura rogata, Paucicrura sila, Paucicrura subplana, Paucicrura tuloinensis

Type specimen: BB.25990, a valve (Internal and external moulds of brachial valve)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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