†Gatosella Benedetto 2012 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Full reference: J. L. Benedetto. 2012. Gatosella, a new basal plectambonitoid brachiopod with undercut cardinal process from Middle Ordovician limestones of the Precordillera terrane, Argentina. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(3):435-443
Parent taxon: Aegiromenidae according to J. L. Benedetto 2012
Sister taxa: Aegiria, Aegiromena, Chonetoidea, Epelidoaegiria, Jonesea, Mezounia, Multiridgia, Nabiaoia, Sericoidea, Tenuimena
Subtaxa: Gatosella muricata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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