Tapuritreta reclinata Streng et al. 2011 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Acrotretida - Acrotretidae

Full reference: M. Streng, B. B. Mellbin, E. Landing and J. D. Keppie. 2011. Linguliform brachiopods from the terminal Cambrian and lowest Ordovician of the Oaxaquia Microcontinent (southern Mexico). Journal of Paleontology 85(1):122-155

Belongs to Tapuritreta according to M. Streng et al. 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rio Salinas, Tinu, Tu-5.7, which is in a Sunwaptan shallow subtidal wackestone in the Tinu Formation of Mexico

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Rio Salinas, Tinu, Tu-5.7

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