Zhanorthis gerdkuhensis Popov and Cocks 2017 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperonomiidae

Full reference: L. E. Popov and L. R. M. Cocks. 2017. The World’s second oldest strophomenoid-dominated benthic assemblage in the first Dapingian (Middle Ordovician) brachiopod fauna identified from Iran. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 140:1-12

Belongs to Zhanorthis according to L. E. Popov and L. R. M. Cocks 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BC 63686, a shell. Its type locality is GK-023, Gerd-Kuh Section, which is in a Dapingian carbonate siltstone in the Gerd-Kuh U15 Formation of Iran.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Iran (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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