Orusia Walcott 1905 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Finkelnburgiidae

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1905. Cambrian Brachiopoda with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1395):227-337

Parent taxon: Finkelnburgiidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Diparelasma, Fasciculina, Finkelnburgia, Guoleella, Notoscaphidia

Subtaxa: none

Type: Anomites lenticularis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Norway (1 collection)

• Cambrian of Norway (14), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (1)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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