Paucicrura subplana Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245

Belongs to Paucicrura according to G. A. Cooper 1956

Sister taxa: Paucicrura corpulenta, Paucicrura cristata, Paucicrura cristifera, Paucicrura eximia, Paucicrura fistulosa, Paucicrura navis, Paucicrura plana, Paucicrura quadrata, Paucicrura robusta, Paucicrura rogata, Paucicrura sila, Paucicrura tuloinensis

Type specimen: USNM 123237a, a shell

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician to Silurian of United States (2: California collections)

• Ordovician of United States (1: Virginia)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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