Paurorthis inopinatus Baarli 1988 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Paurorthidae

Full reference: B. G. Baarli. 1988. The Llandovery enteletacean brachiopods of the central Oslo region, Norway. Palaeontology 31(4):1101-1129

Belongs to Paurorthis according to B. G. Baarli 1988

Sister taxa: Paurorthis fasciculata, Paurorthis inflata, Paurorthis longa, Paurorthis minima, Paurorthis parva, Paurorthis resima, Paurorthis savalaensis, Paurorthis valida

Type specimen: PMO 109731, a shell (mould of brachial valve). Its type locality is Vakås, 9-11 meters above base of Myren Member, which is in a Rhuddanian marine mudstone/siltstone in the Solvik Formation of Norway.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Norway (2 collections)

• Ordovician to Silurian of Norway (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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