†Canalilatus major Holmer et al. 2001 (lamp shell)
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Lingulata - Lingulida - Zhanatellidae
Full reference: L. E. Holmer, L. E. Popov, S. P. Koneva and M. G. Bassett. 2001. Cambrian - early Ordovician brachiopods from Malyi Karatau, the western Balkhash region, and Tien Shan, Central Asia. Special Papers in Palaeontology 65:1-180
Belongs to Canalilatus according to L. E. Holmer et al. 2001
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kyrshabakty River, 1465-20, which is in a Zhanaarykian basinal (carbonate) lime mudstone in the Aktas Formation of Kazakhstan
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Kazakhstan (6 collections), Kyrgyzstan (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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