Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Syndielasmatidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Sowerbyites according to G. A. Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Sowerbyites gildersleevei, Sowerbyites hami, Sowerbyites hibernicus, Sowerbyites isotes, Sowerbyites lamellosus, Sowerbyites medioseptatus, Sowerbyites subnasutus, Sowerbyites triseptatus, Sowerbyites vesciseptus, Sowerbyites wahringaensis
Type specimen: USNM 117399e, a shell. Its type locality is Low in Sevier Shale, 1.8 miles S. 18° E. of Athens, which is in a Blackriveran marine sandstone in the Sevier Shale Formation of Tennessee.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Low in Sevier Shale, 1.8 miles S. 18° E. of Athens
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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