Tetraphalerella churchillensis Jin et al. 1997 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae

Full reference: J. Jin, W. G. E. Caldwell, and B. S. Norford. 1997. Late Ordovician brachiopods and biostratigraphy of the Hudson Bay Lowlands, northern Manitoba and Ontario. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Canada 513:1-115

Belongs to Tetraphalerella according to J. Jin and R.-b. Zhan 2001

See also Jin et al. 1997

Sister taxa: Strophomena (Tetraphalerella) cooperi, Strophomena (Tetraphalerella) namasensis, Tetraphalerella bestiubensis, Tetraphalerella costellata, Tetraphalerella hecuba, Tetraphalerella musculosa, Tetraphalerella neglecta, Tetraphalerella planobesa, Tetraphalerella planodorsata

Type specimen: Its type locality is GSC loc. 25272. Bad Cache Rapids, right bank of Churchill River., which is in a Maysvillian carbonate limestone in the Surprise Creek Formation of Canada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (7: Manitoba collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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