Becscia Copper 1995 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Septatrypidae

Alternative spelling: Becsia

Full reference: P. Copper. 1995. Five new genera of Late Ordovician - Early Silurian brachiopods from Anticosti Island, eastern Canada. Journal of Paleontology 69(5):846-861

Parent taxon: Septatrypinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002

See also Copper 1995 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Atrypoidea, Cerberatrypa, Cromatrypa, Septatrypa

Subtaxa: Becscia carletona Becscia scissura

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Type: Becscia scissura

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (3: Quebec collections)

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Quebec)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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