Kvania primigenia Benedetto 2007 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Giraldiellidae

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 Kvania according to J. L. Benedetto 2007

Sister taxa: Kvania azulpampensis, Kvania lariensis, Kvania mergli

Type specimen: Its type locality is Quebrada Totora, Filo de Lipan, which is in a Merioneth coastal siltstone in the Lampazar Formation of Argentina

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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