Chonetes posturalicus Ustritsky 1963 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Chonetidae

Full reference: V. I. Ustritsky. 1963. Taxonomic names, in Biostratigrafiya I Brakhiopody Verknego Paleozoya Taimyra. Trudy Nauchno-Issledoratel'skogo Instituta Geologii Arktiki 134:1-139

Belongs to Chonetes according to V. I. Ustritsky 1963

Sister taxa: Chonetes baragwanathi, Chonetes chamishkjensis, Chonetes chaoi, Chonetes cherokeensis, Chonetes chesterensis, Chonetes compressa, Chonetes concentricus, Chonetes deflecta, Chonetes deliciasensis, Chonetes dereimsii, Chonetes flemingi, Chonetes foedus, Chonetes glabra, Chonetes glenparkensis, Chonetes gregarius, Chonetes illinoisensis, Chonetes laevis, Chonetes logani, Chonetes mesoloba, Chonetes missouriensis, Chonetes moelleri, Chonetes monosensis, Chonetes multicosta, Chonetes obtusa, Chonetes oklahomensis, Chonetes phosphoriensis, Chonetes pinegensis, Chonetes planumbona, Chonetes platynota, Chonetes pygmoideus, Chonetes rarispina, Chonetes semiovalis, Chonetes shumardiana, Chonetes sichuanensis, Chonetes sinuatus, Chonetes squama, Chonetes suavis, Chonetes timanica, Chonetes variolaris

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rudniy Brook, Outcrop 89, Bed A, Taimyr Peninsula, which is in an Artinskian marine siliciclastic in the Byrranga Formation of the Russian Federation

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Rudniy Brook, Outcrop 89, Bed A, Taimyr Peninsula

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