Onychoplecia tenuis Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

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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