Aporthophyla typa Ulrich and Cooper 1936 (lamp shell)

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

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