Protanastrophia Jin and Popov 2008 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae

Full reference: J. Jin and L. E. Popov. 2008. A new genus of Late Ordovician-Early Silurian pentameride brachiopods and its phylogenetic relationships. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(2):221-236

Parent taxon: Parastrophinidae according to J. Jin and L. E. Popov 2008

Sister taxa: Anastrophia, Eoanastrophia, Eostrophina, Jolkinia, Liostrophia, Maydenella, Parastrophina, Parastrophinella

Subtaxa: Protanastrophia asimmetrica Protanastrophia distorta Protanastrophia indistincta Protanastrophia repanda Protanastrophia salairica

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Type: Protanastrophia repanda

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (6: Nunavut collections), Estonia (7)

• Ordovician of Mongolia (3), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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