Pentamerus palaformis Jin and Copper 2000 (lamp shell)

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

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