Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Alternative combination: Thaerodonta dignata
Full reference: Y. Wang. 1949. Maquoketa Brachiopoda of Iowa. Geological Society of America Memoir 42:1-55
Belongs to Eochonetes according to J. E. Bauer and A. L. Stigall 2016
See also Wang 1949
Sister taxa: Eochonetes advena, Eochonetes aspera, Eochonetes canaliferus, Eochonetes celticus, Eochonetes clarksvillensis, Eochonetes glabra, Eochonetes johnsonella, Eochonetes maearum, Eochonetes magna, Eochonetes minerva, Eochonetes mucronata, Eochonetes recedens, Eochonetes vaurealensis, Eochonetes voldemortus, Thaerodonta notabile, Thaerodonta redstonensis, Thaerodonta recedens
Type specimen: SUI 1888b, a shell. Its type locality is Clermont, which is in a Richmondian marine shale in the Scales Formation of Iowa.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: California, Iowa collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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