Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Full reference: I. F. Nikitin, L. E. Popov, and M. G. Bassett. 2003. Late Ordovician brachiopods from the Selety river basin, north Central Kazakhstan. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48(1):39-54
Belongs to Tetraphalerella according to I. F. Nikitin et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Strophomena (Tetraphalerella) cooperi, Strophomena (Tetraphalerella) namasensis, Tetraphalerella churchillensis, Tetraphalerella costellata, Tetraphalerella hecuba, Tetraphalerella musculosa, Tetraphalerella neglecta, Tetraphalerella planobesa, Tetraphalerella planodorsata
Type specimen: NMW 98.30G.5, a shell (dorsal internal mould). Its type locality is Locality 550a - Kaskol Bed, East of Bolshoi Kaskol lake., which is in a Katian carbonate limestone in the Tauken Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Kazakhstan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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