†Eopentamerus inexpectatus Cocks 2008 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Pentameridae
Full reference: L. R. M. Cocks. 2008. The Middle Llandovery brachiopod Fauna of the Newlands Formation, Girvan, Scotland. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6(1):61-100
Belongs to Eopentamerus according to L. R. M. Cocks 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BB 33885, a shell (dorsal internal mould). Its type locality is 200 m east of Newlands Farm in the Craighead Inlier, which is in an Aeronian deep subtidal shelf siltstone in the Newlands Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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