Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Pentameridae
Full reference: J. Jin and P. Copper. 2000. Late Ordovician and Early Silurian pentamerid brachiopods from Anticosti Island, Québec, Canada. Palaeontographica Canadiana 18:1-140
Belongs to Pentamerus according to J. Jin and P. Copper 2000
Sister taxa: Pentamerus (Barrandella), Pentamerus (Supertrilobus), Pentamerus asiaticus, Pentamerus comis, Pentamerus gothlandicus, Pentamerus lotis, Pentamerus oblongus
Type specimen: GSC 59162, a valve. Its type locality is A0222. Baie aux Goelands, which is in an Aeronian carbonate lime mudstone in the Jupiter Formation of Canada.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (21: Quebec collections)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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