†Dedzetina major 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 Dedzetina according to L. R. M. Cocks 2014
Sister taxa: Dedzetina serpaglii, Dedzetina silurica
Type specimen: BC 59437, a valve (ventral valve internal mould). Its type locality is Old Quarry behind Prendergast Place, Haverfordwest, which is in a Cautleyan carbonate limestone in the Sholeshook Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Old Quarry behind Prendergast Place, Haverfordwest
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