Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
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 Dirafinesquina according to L. E. Popov and L. R. M. Cocks 2017
Sister taxon: Dirafinesquina globosa
Type specimen: BC 63736, 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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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