Platytrochalos Jin 1989 (rhynchonellid brachiopod)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae

Full reference: J. Jin. 1989. Late Ordovician - Early Silurian rhynchonellid brachiopods from Anticosti Island, Quebec. Biostratigraphie du Paleozoique 10:5-125

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

Sister taxa: Anabaia, Australocoelia, Eocoelia, Leptocoelia, Leptocoelina, Pacificocoelia

Subtaxa: Platytrochalos crudicostatus Platytrochalos peninversus Platytrochalos pulvinatus

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Type: Platytrochalos crudicostatus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (11: Quebec collections)

Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences

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