†Oligorhynchia Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Oligorhynchiidae
Alternative spelling: Oligorhyncha
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Parent taxon: Oligorhynchiidae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Cooper 1956, Popov et al. 1999 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Paraoligorhyncha, Tonsella
Subtaxa: Oligorhynchia bifurcata Oligorhynchia conybearei
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (4), United States (3: Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.