Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Full reference: J. Jin, W. G. E. Caldwell, and B. S. Norford. 1995. Late Ordovician brachiopods Rafinesquina lata Whiteaves, 1896 and Kjaerina hartae n. sp. from southern Manitoba and the Hudson Bay Lowlands. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 32:1255-1266
Belongs to Kjaerina according to J. Jin and R.-b. Zhan 2001
See also Jin et al. 1995 and Jin et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Kjaerina (Villasina), Kjaerina bipartita, Kjaerina complanata, Kjaerina hedstroemi, Kjaerina jonesi, Kjaerina lepta, Kjaerina orvikui, Kjaerina poljensis, Kjaerina poljiensis, Kjaerina typa
Type specimen: GSC 109077, a shell (slightly damaged, articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (8: Manitoba collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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