Doleroides germanus Steele and Sinclair 1971 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae

Full reference: H.M. Steele and G.W. Sinclair. 1971. A Middle Ordovician fauna from Braeside, Ottawa Valley, Ontario. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 211:1-97

Belongs to Doleroides according to H.M. Steele and G.W. Sinclair 1971

Sister taxa: Doleroides gibbosa, Doleroides mixticius, Doleroides panna, Doleroides tennesseensis, Doleroides winchelli

Type specimen: Its type locality is Exposures east of Smith Construction Company two miles west of Braeside., which is in a Blackriveran shallow subtidal limestone/shale in the Chaumont Formation of Canada

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Exposures east of Smith Construction Company two miles west of Braeside.

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