Anoptambonites pulchra Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae

Alternative combination: Leptellina pulchra

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245

Belongs to Anoptambonites according to C. M. O. Rasmussen et al. 2012

See also Cooper 1956

Sister taxa: Anoptambonites convexus, Anoptambonites exedra, Anoptambonites grayae, Anoptambonites kovalevskii, Anoptambonites monetus, Anoptambonites myiomorpheus, Anoptambonites myriomorpheus, Anoptambonites subcarinata, Anoptambonites williamsi

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Chazyan of United States (1: Alabama collection)

• Ordovician of United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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