†Cryptothyris magnifica Cocks 2014 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
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 Cryptothyris according to L. R. M. Cocks 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BB 26578, a valve (dorsal valve internal mould). Its type locality is Old quarry near corner of field 300 m WSW of Trefenty, which is in a Cautleyan carbonate limestone in the Sholeshook Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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