†Sentosia praecursor Stainbrook 1947 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Productida - Sentosiidae
Alternative combination: Krotovia praecursor
Full reference: M. A. Stainbrook. 1947. Brachiopoda of the Percha Shale of New Mexico and Arizona. Journal of Paleontology 21:297-328
Belongs to Sentosia according to G. A. Cooper and J. T. Dutro 1982
See also Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 and Stainbrook 1947
Sister taxa: Sentosia praecedens, Sentosia spinigera
Type specimen: USNM 155790, a shell
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Percha Creek, 3 miles southeast of Hillsboro (Devonian of New Mexico)
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