Bokotorthis minuta Popov and Cocks 2014 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae

Full reference: L. E. Popov and L. R. M. Cocks. 2014. Late Ordovician brachiopods from the Chingiz Terrane, Kazakhstan, and their palaeogeography. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12(6):687-758

Belongs to Bokotorthis according to L. E. Popov and L. R. M. Cocks 2014

Sister taxa: Bokotorthis abayi, Bokotorthis kasachstanica, Bokotorthis kasakhstanica, Bokotorthis plicadua

Type specimen: NMW 2001.38G.42, a valve (ventral internal mould)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Upstream Bakanas R. exposure east of Mt. Akdombak (Ordovician of Kazakhstan)

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