Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
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 Fardenia according to L. R. M. Cocks 2014
Sister taxa: Fardenia (Coolinia), Fardenia (Fardenia), Fardenia comes, Fardenia costatula, Fardenia filistriata, Fardenia flabellata, Fardenia modica, Fardenia oblectator, Fardenia scalena, Fardenia scotica, Fardenia transversalis
Type specimen: BC 59398, a valve (dorsal valve internal mould). Its type locality is Old quarry by roadside at Prendergast Hill, which is in a Rawtheyan marine mudstone in the Slade and Redhill Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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