†Glyptoria glypta Cooper 1976 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Protorthidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1976. Lower Cambrian brachiopods from the Rift Valley (Isreal and Jordan). Journal of Paleontology 50(2):269-289
Belongs to Glyptoria according to G. A. Cooper 1976
Sister taxon: Glyptoria gulchensis
Type specimen: HU 35155, a shell. Its type locality is Nimra Formation, (southern) Negev, Israel - Cooper 1976, which is in the Lenian of dolomite the Nimra Formation Israel.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Israel (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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