Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Alternative combination: Cristiferina cristata
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Paucicrura according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014
See also Cooper 1956 and Williams 1962
Sister taxa: Paucicrura corpulenta, Paucicrura cristifera, Paucicrura eximia, Paucicrura fistulosa, Paucicrura navis, Paucicrura plana, Paucicrura quadrata, Paucicrura robusta, Paucicrura rogata, Paucicrura sila, Paucicrura subplana, Paucicrura tuloinensis
Type specimen: USNM 111794g, a shell
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (2 collections), United States (1: Virginia)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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