Plectodonta petila Amsden 1958 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae

Full reference: T. W. Amsden. 1958. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Hunton Group in the Arbuckle Mountain Region. Part II - Haragan articulate brachiopods. Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 78:1-144

Belongs to Plectodonta according to T. W. Amsden 1958

Sister taxa: Plectodonta (Dalejodiscus), Plectodonta (Plectodonta), Plectodonta (Plectodontella), Plectodonta bipartita, Plectodonta convexa, Plectodonta lenis, Plectodonta nubila

Type specimen: OU-1069

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Edriocrinus-Pygmaeocrinus Association, Bois d'Arc (Silurian of Oklahoma)

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