Rhipidomella acutisulcata Amsden 1956 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae

Full reference: T. W. Amsden. 1956. Catalog of fossils from the Hunton Group, Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geological Survey, Circular 39:1-63

Belongs to Rhipidomella according to T. W. Amsden 1956

Sister taxa: Rhipidomella burlingtonensis, Rhipidomella carbonaria, Rhipidomella caucasica, Rhipidomella cora, Rhipidomella corallina, Rhipidomella cordialis, Rhipidomella diminutiva, Rhipidomella dzhuvankarensis, Rhipidomella fortimuscula, Rhipidomella henryhousensis, Rhipidomella hessensis, Rhipidomella hispidula, Rhipidomella imitatrix, Rhipidomella jerseyensis, Rhipidomella kharaulakhensis, Rhipidomella lyelliana, Rhipidomella magna, Rhipidomella miaolingensis, Rhipidomella michelini, Rhipidomella miscella, Rhipidomella missouriensis, Rhipidomella obesiconcha, Rhipidomella oklahomensis, Rhipidomella orthogonia, Rhipidomella parva, Rhipidomella parvula, Rhipidomella pecosi, Rhipidomella penniana, Rhipidomella perminuta, Rhipidomella pressula, Rhipidomella subcircularis, Rhipidomella subtriangularis, Rhipidomella tenuicostata, Rhipidomella thiemei, Rhipidomella uralica, Rhipidomella vanuxemi, Rhipidomella vediensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 121.8 miles W of Oklahoma Highway 99, 7-8 miles SSE of Ada, which is in a Ludlow/Pridoli carbonate limestone/shale in the Henryhouse Formation of Oklahoma.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of United States (10: Oklahoma collections)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.