Tarfaya grandis Harrington 1938 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Heterorthidae

Alternative combinations: Eoorthis grandis, Nanorthis grandis

Belongs to Tarfaya according to E. Villas and Z. A. Herrera 2013

See also Harrington 1938

Sister taxa: Tarfaya jafariani, Tarfaya marocana

Type specimen: SEGEMAR 11060-e,, a valve (internal mould of dorsal valve)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Cerro San Bernardo (Ordovician of Argentina)

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