Vinlandostrophia ponderosa Foerste 1909 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae

Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1909. Preliminary Notes on Cincinnatian Fossils. Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 14(4):289-334

Belongs to Vinlandostrophia according to M. A. Zuykov and D. A. T. Harper 2007

Sister taxa: Vinlandostrophia acutilirata, Vinlandostrophia annieana, Vinlandostrophia attenuata, Vinlandostrophia corryvillensis, Vinlandostrophia cumingsi, Vinlandostrophia cypha, Vinlandostrophia elkhornensis, Vinlandostrophia foerstei, Vinlandostrophia hopensis, Vinlandostrophia juvenis, Vinlandostrophia laticosta, Vinlandostrophia moritura, Vinlandostrophia regularis, Vinlandostrophia sublaticosa

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at near Hamilton (Ordovician of Ohio)

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