Lingulata - Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Full reference: J. L. Benedetto. 2015. A Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) dysaerobic brachiopod assemblage from the Precordillera terrane of Argentina: implications for early colonization of deep waters. Ameghiniana 52(1):69-106
Belongs to Cyrtonotreta according to J. L. Benedetto 2015
Sister taxa: Cyrtonotreta depressa, Cyrtonotreta profilbekkiensis, Cyrtonotreta spinosa, Cyrtonotreta striata, Cyrtonotreta vestrogothica
Type specimen: CEGH-UNC 25771, a valve (dorsal valve internal mold). Its type locality is Cerro La Chilca Section Palaeoglossa–Chilcorthis Association, which is in a Darriwilian deep-water shale/marl in the Los Azules Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Cerro La Chilca Section Palaeoglossa–Chilcorthis Association
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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