Schizophoria nevadaensis Merriam 1940 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae

Full reference: C. W. Merriam. 1940. Devonian stratigraphy and paleontology of the Roberts Mountains Region, Nevada. Geological Society of America Special Papers 25:1-110

Belongs to Schizophoria according to J. G. Johnson 1970

See also Merriam 1940

Sister taxa: Orthis (Schizophoria) iowensis, Orthis (Schizophoria) subquadrata, Schizophoria (Eoschizophoria), Schizophoria (Rhenoschizophoria), Schizophoria (Schizophoria), Schizophoria amanaensis, Schizophoria annanaensis, Schizophoria chouteauensis, Schizophoria depressa, Schizophoria fragilis, Schizophoria kintaensis, Schizophoria kutsingensis, Schizophoria lata, Schizophoria paraprima, Schizophoria parenteletiformis, Schizophoria peculiaris, Schizophoria poststriatula, Schizophoria resupinata, Schizophoria rhomboidalis, Schizophoria striatula, Schizophoria striatula, Schizophoria sulcata, Schizophoria supracarbonica, Schizophoria swallowi, Schizophoria tani, Schizophoria upensis, Schizophoria verulamensis, Schizophoria vulvaria

Type specimen: USNM 96375

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (1: Yukon collection), United States (6: Nevada)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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