Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Full reference: A. J. Boucot, J. G. Johnson, and N. Zhang. 1988. Silurian (Wenlockian) brachiopods from southeastern California. Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie 201(4-6):103-127
Belongs to Janius according to A. J. Boucot et al. 1988
Sister taxa: Janius barrandi, Janius exsul, Janius nobilis, Janius schmidti
Type specimen: USNM 410005. Its type locality is USNM loc. 12878, Red Amphitheatre, Funeral Mountains, which is in a Wenlock deep subtidal shelf dolomite in the Hidden Valley Formation of California.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whitwellian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories collections)
• Silurian of Canada (4: Nunavut), United States (1: California)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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