Tafilaltia brevimusculosa Villas 1995 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Heterorthidae

Full reference: E. Villas. 1995. Caradoc through early Ashgill brachiopods from the Central-Iberian Zone (central Spain). GĂ©obios 28(1):49-84

Belongs to Tafilaltia according to E. Villas 1995

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPZ 11553 a, a shell. Its type locality is N-420 Road Section. Corral de Calatrava. 280 meters, which is in a Bohdalec shoreface sandstone/shale in the Bancos Mixtos Formation of Spain.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Morocco (1 collection), Spain (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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