Orthambonites kreklingensis Opik 1939 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae

Full reference: A. Opik. 1939. Brachiopoden und ostracoden aus dem Expansusschiefer Norwegens. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 19:117-142

Belongs to Orthambonites according to V. Jaanusson and M. G. Bassett 1993

Sister taxa: Orthambonites acutiplicatus, Orthambonites aequalis, Orthambonites angulatus, Orthambonites ardmillanensis, Orthambonites calligramme, Orthambonites decipiens, Orthambonites dinorthoides, Orthambonites exfoliata, Orthambonites exopunctata, Orthambonites fundata, Orthambonites inaequalis, Orthambonites majuscula, Orthambonites majusculus, Orthambonites novitas, Orthambonites paucicostatus, Orthambonites proava, Orthambonites transversa, Orthambonites tuvensis

Type specimen: PMO 61090

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Krekling, expansus shale (Ordovician of Norway)

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