Eostropheodonta augusta Cocks 2008 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae

Full reference: L. R. M. Cocks. 2008. The Middle Llandovery brachiopod Fauna of the Newlands Formation, Girvan, Scotland. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6(1):61-100

Belongs to Eostropheodonta according to L. R. M. Cocks 2008

Sister taxa: Eostropheodonta bublitschenki, Eostropheodonta chilcaensis, Eostropheodonta conradii, Eostropheodonta delicata, Eostropheodonta discumbata, Eostropheodonta hirnantensis, Eostropheodonta luna, Eostropheodonta mullochensis, Eostropheodonta multiradiata, Eostropheodonta parvicostellata, Eostropheodonta portfieldensis, Eostropheodonta schmalenseei, Eostropheodonta squamosa, Eostropheodonta tafilaltensis, Eostropheodonta ultrix, Stropheodonta (Eostropheodonta) williamsi, Aphanomena schmalenseei, Aphanomena urbicola, Aphanomena planoconvexa

Type specimen: Its type locality is 200 m east of Newlands Farm in the Craighead Inlier, which is in an Aeronian deep subtidal shelf siltstone in the Newlands Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 200 m east of Newlands Farm in the Craighead Inlier

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