Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Taffiidae
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and G. A. Cooper. 1936. New Genera and Species of Ozarkian and Canadian Brachiopods. Journal of Paleontology 10(7):616-631
Belongs to Aporthophyla according to R. J., Jr. Ross 1970
See also Ulrich and Cooper 1936 and Ulrich and Cooper 1938
Sister taxa: Aporthophyla aurora, Aporthophyla kasachstanica, Aporthophyla perelegans, Aporthophyla stoermeri, Aporthophyla tianjingshanensis
Type specimen: USNM 92866. Its type locality is Ikes Canyon, Toquima Range, which is in a Whiterockian carbonate limestone in the Antelope Valley Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (3: Nevada collections)
• Ordovician of United States (3: Nevada)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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