Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1988. Some Tertiary Brachiopods of the East Coast of the United States. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (64)1-27
Belongs to Argyrotheca according to G. A. Cooper 1988
Sister taxa: Argyrotheca aequicostata, Argyrotheca ageriana, Argyrotheca alavensis, Argyrotheca altavillensis, Argyrotheca andina, Argyrotheca angulata, Argyrotheca anomala, Argyrotheca arguta, Argyrotheca australis, Argyrotheca barrettiana, Argyrotheca batalleri, Argyrotheca beecheri, Argyrotheca bermudana, Argyrotheca bermudezi, Argyrotheca bitnerae, Argyrotheca bronnii, Argyrotheca cistellula, Argyrotheca clevei, Argyrotheca collardi, Argyrotheca coniuncta, Argyrotheca costulata, Argyrotheca crassa, Argyrotheca cuneata, Argyrotheca cyrtiniformis, Argyrotheca dalli, Argyrotheca grandicostata, Argyrotheca hewatti, Argyrotheca hirundo, Argyrotheca inconstans, Argyrotheca intercalata, Argyrotheca jacksoni, Argyrotheca johnsoni, Argyrotheca kupei, Argyrotheca lacunosa, Argyrotheca laevis, Argyrotheca londinensis, Argyrotheca lowei, Argyrotheca lunula, Argyrotheca lutea, Argyrotheca macneili, Argyrotheca magnicostata, Argyrotheca mayi, Argyrotheca megalocephala, Argyrotheca megapora, Argyrotheca michelottina, Argyrotheca microscopica, Argyrotheca obourgensis, Argyrotheca peculiaris, Argyrotheca piperipyxis, Argyrotheca plana, Argyrotheca plicata, Argyrotheca popielae, Argyrotheca ramshehensis, Argyrotheca retrorsa, Argyrotheca rubrocostata, Argyrotheca rubrotincta, Argyrotheca sabandensis, Argyrotheca sabaratensis, Argyrotheca schrammi, Argyrotheca semicostata, Argyrotheca semicostata, Argyrotheca serrata, Argyrotheca somaliensis, Argyrotheca squamata, Argyrotheca stevensis, Argyrotheca subcordata, Argyrotheca sublamellosa, Argyrotheca thurmanni, Argyrotheca tokodensis, Argyrotheca woodwardiana, Argyrotheca zenobiae, Cistellarcula wrigleyi, Cistellarcula dubia
Subtaxa: Argyrotheca quadrata transversa
Type specimen: USNM 550881b, a shell. Its type locality is Lanier Pit (USNM collection), which is in a Bartonian marine wackestone in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: North Carolina, South Carolina collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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