†Placocliftonia Havlicek and Storch 1990 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Oxopleciidae
Full reference: V. Havlicek and P. Storch. 1990. Silurian brachiopods and benthic communities in the Prague Basin (Czechoslovakia). Rozpravy Ustredniho Ustavu Geologickeho Svazek 48:1-275
Parent taxon: Oxopleciidae according to V. Havlicek and P. Storch 1990
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Placocliftonia colibri
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Plicocyrtia Community, Prague Basin (Silurian of Czech Republic)
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