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 matutina, Onychoplecia obesa, Onychoplecia schmidti
Type specimen: USNM 117091, a valve. Its type locality is McLish Ranch, which is in a Turinian deep subtidal sandstone/shale in the Bromide Formation of Oklahoma.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (3: Oklahoma collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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