Cincinnetina Jin 2012 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae

Full reference: J. Jin. 2012. Cincinnetina, a new Late Ordovician dalmanellid brachiopod from the Cincinnati type area, USA: implications for the evolution and palaeogeography of the epicontinental fauna of Laurentia. Palaeontology 55(1):205-228

Parent taxon: Dalmanellidae according to J. Jin 2012

Sister taxa: Cortezorthinae, Crassiorina, Dalmanella, Dalmanellid, Dalmanellinae, Isorthinae, Onniella, Prokopiinae, Resserellinae, Templeellinae

Subtaxa: Cincinnetina meeki Cincinnetina minnesotensis Cincinnetina multisecta

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Type: Orthis multisecta

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of United States (1: Georgia collection)

• Ordovician of Canada (4: Quebec), United States (222: Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania and Virginia, Tennessee, Virginia)

Total: 227 collections including 236 occurrences

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