†Sowerbyites lamellosus Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)
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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 delicatus, Sowerbyites gildersleevei, Sowerbyites hami, Sowerbyites hibernicus, Sowerbyites isotes, Sowerbyites medioseptatus, Sowerbyites subnasutus, Sowerbyites triseptatus, Sowerbyites vesciseptus, Sowerbyites wahringaensis
Type specimen: USNM 117406c, a shell
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (3: Nevada, Oklahoma collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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