Petrocrania mullochensis Reed 1917 (craniid brachiopod)

Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae

Alternative combination: Philhedra mullochensis

Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1917. The Ordovician and Silurian Brachiopoda of the Girvan District. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 51(4):795-998

Belongs to Petrocrania according to L. R. M. Cocks 2008

See also Reed 1917

Sister taxa: Petrocrania diabloensis, Petrocrania dodgei, Petrocrania dubia, Petrocrania exasperata, Petrocrania famelica, Petrocrania hamiltoniae, Petrocrania meduanensis, Petrocrania modesta, Petrocrania ourayensi, Petrocrania prona, Petrocrania quadrata, Petrocrania reversa, Petrocrania scabiosa, Petrocrania septifera, Petrocrania teretis, Philhedrella siluriana

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 200 m east of Newlands Farm in the Craighead Inlier (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

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