Acrotretella siluriana Ireland 1961 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Acrotretida - Torynelasmatidae

Full reference: H. A. Ireland. 1961. New Phosphatic Brachiopods from the Silurian of Oklahoma. Journal of Paleontology 35(6):1137-1142

Belongs to Acrotretella according to Ireland 1961

Sister taxon: Acrotretella dizeugosa

Type specimen: USNM 140111. Its type locality is 300 yards east of U. S. Highway 77, 2 miles north of Springer, which is in an Alexandrian carbonate limestone in the Cochrane Formation of Oklahoma.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of United States (3: Oklahoma collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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