†Pleiopleurina anticlastica Johnson 1970 (rhynchonellid brachiopod)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Eatoniidae

Synonym: Plethorhyncha andersoni Merriam 1973

Full reference: J. G. Johnson. 1970. Great Basin Lower Devonian Brachiopoda. Geological Society of America Special Paper (131)1-421

Belongs to Pleiopleurina according to J. G. Johnson 1970

See also Johnson 1974 and Merriam 1973

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Pleiopleurina anticlastica: USNM 157032
  • Plethorhyncha andersoni: USNM 159574, a shell. Its type locality is USGS M409, Rabbit Hill, which is in a Pragian carbonate limestone in the Rabbit Hill Limestone Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (8: Nevada collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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