†Laticrura magna Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Linoporellidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Laticrura according to G. A. Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Laticrura erecta, Laticrura heteropleura, Laticrura inconstans, Laticrura pionodema, Laticrura rostrata
Type specimen: Its type locality is 0.6 mile northwest of Linville Station, which is in a Turinian marginal marine sandstone in the Oranda Formation of Virginia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: Virginia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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