†Megamyonia knighti Wang 1949 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Full reference: Y. Wang. 1949. Maquoketa Brachiopoda of Iowa. Geological Society of America Memoir 42:1-55
Belongs to Megamyonia according to Y. Wang 1949
Sister taxa: Megamyonia arethusa, Megamyonia breviuscula, Megamyonia gracilis, Megamyonia mankini, Megamyonia nitens, Megamyonia unicostata, Megamyonia vaurealensis
Type specimen: S.U.I. 1869., a shell. Its type locality is Three quarters of a mile southwest of Ossian, which is in a Richmondian carbonate dolomite in the Fort Atkinson Formation of Iowa.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Three quarters of a mile southwest of Ossian
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