Amadeuphyla joanae Jakobsen et al. 2014 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Taffiidae

Full reference: K. G. Jakobsen, G. A. Brock, A. T. Nielsen, T. P. Topper, and D. A. T. Harper. 2014. Middle Ordovician brachiopods from the Stairway Sandstone, Amadeus Basin, central Australia. Alcheringa 38(2):190-208

Belongs to Amadeuphyla according to K. G. Jakobsen et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CPC41437, a valve (dorsal interior). Its type locality is PC-3 Petermann Creek Section, which is in the Darriwilian of sandstone the Stairway Formation Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at PC-3 Petermann Creek Section

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