Eremotoechia Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthotoechia, Admixtella, Antigonambonites, Asymphylotoechia, Martellia, Peritritoechia, Platytoechia, Polytoechia, Protambonites, Raunites, Tritoechia

Subtaxa: Eremotoechia alabamensis Eremotoechia cloudi Eremotoechia inchoata Eremotoechia silicica Eremotoechia spissa

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Chazyan of United States (4: Alabama, Tennessee collections)

• Arenig of China (1)

• Ordovician of Kazakhstan (5), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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