Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Full reference: L. R. M. Cocks. 2014. The Late Ordovician brachiopods of southern Pembrokeshire and adjacent south-western Wales. Special Papers in Palaeontology 91:1-89
Belongs to Neoplatystrophia according to L. R. M. Cocks 2014
Sister taxa: Neoplatystrophia affabilis, Neoplatystrophia humilis, Neoplatystrophia jaaniensis, Neoplatystrophia janniensis, Neoplatystrophia lutkevichi, Neoplatystrophia lynx, Neoplatystrophia ovalis, Neoplatystrophia quadriplicata, Neoplatystrophia reversata, Neoplatystrophia saxbyensis
Type specimen: BB 98431, a valve (internal & external moulds of dorsal valve). Its type locality is Housing estate 300 m west of A 487, which is in a Rawtheyan carbonate mudstone in the Slade and Redhill Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (14 collections)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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