Eridorthis australis Percival 1991 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Glyptorthidae

Full reference: I. Percival. 1991. Late Ordovician articulate brachiopods from central New South Wales, Australia. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 11:107-177

Belongs to Eridorthis according to I. Percival 1991

Sister taxa: Eridorthis inexpecta, Eridorthis nicklesi

Type specimen: Its type locality is L138. Quondong, Bowan Park, which is in an Eastonian shallow subtidal limestone in the Quondong Limestone Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Australia (10 collections)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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