Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and J. T. Dutro. 1982. Devonian brachiopods of New Mexico. Bulletins of American Paleontology 82-83(315):1-125
Belongs to Floweria according to A. L. Stigall Rode 2005
See also Cooper and Dutro 1982
Sister taxa: Floweria anomala, Floweria arctostriata, Floweria becraftensis, Floweria bellulus, Floweria chemungensis, Floweria cornucopia, Floweria crassa, Floweria deformis, Floweria iowensis, Floweria lirella, Floweria magnacicatrix, Floweria pandora, Floweria perversa, Floweria prava, Floweria pseudoelegans
Type specimen: USNM 200873, a shell. Its type locality is Loc. 362a. On Iowa Highway 220, 0.3 mile west of Middle Amana, which is in a Frasnian marine shale in the Independence Shale Formation of Iowa.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Loc. 362a. On Iowa Highway 220, 0.3 mile west of Middle Amana
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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