Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Nanorthidae
Alternative combination: Nanorthis brachymyaria
Full reference: J. L. Benedetto and P. A. Carrasco. 2002. Tremadoc (earliest Ordovician) brachiopods from Purmamarca and the Sierra de Mojotoro, Cordillera Oriental of northwestern Argentina. Géobios 35:647-661
Belongs to Lampazarorthis according to J. L. Benedetto and D. F. Muñoz 2017
See also Benedetto and Carrasco 2002
Sister taxon: Lampazarorthis bifurcata
Type specimen: CEGH–UNC 20431, a shell (External and internal molds of ventral valve). Its type locality is Ch-6b. Quebrada Chalala, Purmamarca, which is in a Tremadoc offshore mudstone in the Coquena Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Tremadoc of Argentina (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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