Eospirigerina vetusta Cocks and Modzalevskaya 1997 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypinidae

Full reference: L.R.M. Cocks and T.L. Modzalevskaya. 1997. Late Ordovician brachiopods from Taimyr, Arctic Russia, and their palaeogeographical significance. Palaeontology 40:1061-1093

Belongs to Eospirigerina according to L.R.M. Cocks and T.L. Modzalevskaya 1997

Sister taxa: Eospirigerina pennata, Eospirigerina porkuniana, Eospirigerina putilla, Eospirigerina sulevi, Eospirigerina tripartita, Eospirigerina yulangensis

Type specimen: BC 50976 (conjoined valves). Its type locality is Bed 4. Pryamaya River, Lower Taimyr River Basin, which is in an Ashgill offshore shelf limestone/shale in the Korotkinskaya Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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