Orthotetes canadensis Shi and Waterhouse 1996 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Orthotetidae

Full reference: G. R. Shi and J.B. Waterhouse. 1996. Lower Permian brachiopods and molluscs from the upper Jungle Creek Formation, northern Yukon Territory, Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 424:1-241

Belongs to Orthotetes according to G. R. Shi and J.B. Waterhouse 1996

Sister taxa: Orthotetes abruptus, Orthotetes afanasjevae, Orthotetes bisulcatus, Orthotetes guppyi, Orthotetes huagongensis, Orthotetes jugorica, Orthotetes kaskaskiensis, Orthotetes keokuk, Orthotetes kraffti, Orthotetes occidentalis, Orthotetes picta, Orthotetes plana, Orthotetes simensis, Orthotetes sulensis, Orthotetes trigonalis, Orthothetes crenistria

Type specimen: GSC 96877. Its type locality is JBW109, Ettrain Creek, which is in a Sakmarian marine sandstone in the Jungle Creek Formation of Canada.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Canada (14: Yukon collections)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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