Glyptoglossella Cooper 1960 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Synonym: Glyptoglossa Cooper 1956 [replaced name]

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1960. Correction of brachiopod names. Journal of Paleontology 34(3):601-601

Parent taxon: Glossellinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Cooper 1956, Cooper 1960 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anx, Casquella, Eoglossa, Fezzanoglossa, Glossella, Lachrymula, Leptobolus, Libyaeglossa, Pachyglossella, Plectoglossa, Rafanoglossella, Spondyglossella, Tunisiglossa

Subtaxa: Glyptoglossa ardmillanensis Glyptoglossella cavellosa

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Type: Glyptoglossa cavellosa

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1 collection), United States (2: Maryland, Pennsylvania)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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