Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Isophragma according to G. A. Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Isophragma extensum, Isophragma orientale, Isophragma parallelum, Isophragma pseudoretroflexum, Isophragma ricevillense, Isophragma subabbreviatum
Type specimen: USNM 123259a. Its type locality is 2 miles north of Martin's Ridge, which is in a Mohawkian carbonate limestone in the Copenhagen Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: Nevada collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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