†Protorthisina simplex Benedetto 2007 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Euorthisinidae
Full reference: J. L. Benedetto. 2007. New Upper Cambrian-Tremadoc rhynchonelliformean brachiopods from northwestern Argentina: evolutionary trends and early diversification of plectorthoideans in the Andean Gondwana. Journal of Paleontology 81(2):261-285
Belongs to Protorthisina according to J. L. Benedetto 2007
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ronqui Angosto, RA-1, which is in a Merioneth coastal sandstone in the Lampazar Formation of Argentina
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Ronqui Angosto, RA-1
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