†Spinoplasia roeni Johnson 1970 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Full reference: J. G. Johnson. 1970. Great Basin Lower Devonian Brachiopoda. Geological Society of America Special Paper (131)1-421
Belongs to Spinoplasia according to J. G. Johnson 1970
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 157252. Its type locality is USNM 10713. South end of Ribbit Hill, north flank of Whiterock Canyon, which is in a Siegen carbonate limestone in the Rabbit Hill Limestone Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (5: Nevada collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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