Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Full reference: B. Huang, J.-Y. Rong, and D. A. T. Harper. 2013. A New Survivor Species of Dicoelosia (Brachiopoda) from Rhuddanian (Silurian) Shallower-Water Biofacies in South China. Journal of Paleontology 87(2):232-242
Belongs to Dicoelosia according to B. Huang et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Dicaelosia johnsoni, Dicaelosia nitida, Dicaelosia oklahomenesis, Dicoelosia alticavata, Dicoelosia anticipata, Dicoelosia baltica, Dicoelosia biloba, Dicoelosia diversifrons, Dicoelosia indenta, Dicoelosia inghami, Dicoelosia jonesridgensis, Dicoelosia lata, Dicoelosia osloensis, Dicoelosia paralata, Dicoelosia parvifrons, Dicoelosia simulata, Dicoelosia transversa, Dicoelosia varica, Dicoelosia verneuiliana
Type specimen: NIGP 155735. Its type locality is AGI 502, Gaojiang, which is in a Rhuddanian carbonate mudstone in the Niuchang Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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