Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Alternative combination: Bilobites alticavatus
Full reference: W. F. Whittard and G. H. Barker. 1950. The Upper Valentian brachiopod fauna of Shropshire, part 1: Inarticulata: Articulata, Protremata, Orthoidea. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 12th Series 3(31):553-590
Belongs to Dicoelosia according to A. J. Boucot et al. 1988
See also Baarli 1988, Whittard and Barker 1950 and Wright 1968
Sister taxa: Dicaelosia johnsoni, Dicaelosia oklahomenesis, Dicoelosia anticipata, Dicoelosia baltica, Dicoelosia biloba, Dicoelosia cathaysiensis, Dicoelosia diversifrons, Dicoelosia indenta, Dicoelosia inghami, Dicoelosia jonesridgensis, Dicoelosia lata, Dicoelosia osloensis, Dicoelosia paralata, Dicoelosia parvifrons, Dicoelosia simulata, Dicoelosia transversa, Dicoelosia varica, Dicoelosia verneuiliana
Type specimen: GSM 82551, a valve (conjoined valves). Its type locality is Shropshire, Purple Shale, which is in a Telychian marine shale/limestone in the Purple Shale Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Norway (3 collections), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: California)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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