Hibernodonta praeco Harper et al. 1985 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae

Full reference: D.A.T. Harper, W. I. Mitchell, A.W. Owen and M. Romano. 1985. Upper Ordovician brachiopods and trilobites from the Clashford House Formation, near Herbertstown, Co. Meath, Ireland. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Series 38(5):287-308

Belongs to Hibernodonta according to D.A.T. Harper et al. 1985

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Clashford House Fm (Caradoc), Co. Meath, Ireland, which is in a Soudleyan/Marshbrookian transition zone/lower shoreface mudstone in the Clashford House Formation of Ireland.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Clashford House Fm (Caradoc), Co. Meath, Ireland

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