†Elasmothyris limata Potter 1990 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Linoporellidae
Full reference: A. W. Potter. 1990. Middle and Late Ordovician brachiopods from the eastern Klamath Mountains, northern California. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 212(1-6):31-158
Belongs to Elasmothyris according to A. W. Potter 1990
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Horseshoe Gulch USNM 36439a, which is in an Ashgill carbonate packstone/wackestone in California
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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