†Eohemithyris gettysburgensis Cooper 1959 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1959. Genera of Tertiary and Recent rhynchonelloid brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 130(5):1-90
Belongs to Eohemithyris according to G. A. Cooper 1959
Sister taxa: Eohemithyris alexi, Eohemithyris colurnus, Eohemithyris grayi, Eohemithyris miriaensis, Eohemithyris wildei
Type specimen: USNM 549382, a valve. Its type locality is Station 69, 4.5 miles west of Gettysburg, which is in a Chattian marine siliciclastic in the Pysht Formation of Washington.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Station 69, 4.5 miles west of Gettysburg
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