Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Onychoplecia according to G. A. Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Onychoplecia brevirostris, Onychoplecia gracilis, Onychoplecia kindlei, Onychoplecia longirostris, Onychoplecia obesa, Onychoplecia schmidti, Onychoplecia tenuis
Type specimen: USNM 117940a, a valve. Its type locality is Near the school at the northwest edge of Pindall, which is in a Whiterockian shallow subtidal limestone/dolomite in the Everton Formation of Arkansas.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (2: Arkansas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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