Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Full reference: L. E. Popov, L. R. M. Cocks, and I. F. Nikitin. 2002. Upper Ordovician brachiopods from the Anderken Formation, Kazakhstan: their ecology and systematics. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Geology Series 58(1):13-79
Belongs to Pionodema according to L. E. Popov et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Pionodema aberstadti, Pionodema cooperi, Pionodema costata, Pionodema dubia, Pionodema girvaniensis, Pionodema hypermeca, Pionodema minuscula, Pionodema subaequata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kujandysai, Chu-Ili Range, sample 7613, which is in a Caradoc shoreface sandstone/siltstone in the Anderken Formation of Kazakhstan
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Kazakhstan (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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