Diencobolus simplex Holmer et al. 2001 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Paterulidae

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 Diencobolus according to L. E. Holmer et al. 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kyrshabakty River, 1352-III, which is in an Ayusokkanian slope limestone in the Zhumabai Formation of Kazakhstan

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kyrshabakty River, 1352-III

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