Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Full reference: L. R. M. Cocks. 2014. The Late Ordovician brachiopods of southern Pembrokeshire and adjacent south-western Wales. Special Papers in Palaeontology 91:1-89
Belongs to Acanthocrania according to L. R. M. Cocks 2014
Sister taxa: Acanthocrania alta, Acanthocrania conferta, Acanthocrania cracentis, Acanthocrania densispina, Acanthocrania intermedia, Acanthocrania magna, Acanthocrania minutispinosa, Acanthocrania nordtimanica, Acanthocrania platys, Acanthocrania regularis, Acanthocrania setigera, Acanthocrania spiculata, Acanthocrania vasta
Type specimen: BC 60471, a valve (external & internal mould of dorsal valve). Its type locality is Quarry near Old Mille Café, Tucking Mill, 2 km west of Llanddowror, which is in a Cautleyan carbonate mudstone in the Slade and Redhill Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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