†Dyticospirifer mccolleyensis Johnson 1966 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Full reference: J. G. Johnson. 1966. Two new spiriferid brachiopod genera from the Lower Devonian of Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 40(5):1043-1050
Belongs to Dyticospirifer according to J. G. Johnson 1970
See also Johnson 1966
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 146512. Its type locality is USNM 10726. Head of McColley Canyon, Sulphur Spring Range, which is in an Emsian carbonate limestone in the McColley Canyon Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (3: Nevada collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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