Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Alternative combination: Ptychopleurella oklachomensis
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Ptychopleurella according to G. A. Cooper 1956
See also Rozman and Severgina 1983
Sister taxa: Ptychopleurella aleksandrovae, Ptychopleurella angulaticostata, Ptychopleurella arthuri, Ptychopleurella bouchardi, Ptychopleurella decretoria, Ptychopleurella emarginata, Ptychopleurella erecta, Ptychopleurella kleinhamplei, Ptychopleurella lamellosa, Ptychopleurella lapworthi, Ptychopleurella lenzi, Ptychopleurella mediocostata, Ptychopleurella multicostata, Ptychopleurella pirguensis, Ptychopleurella porcia, Ptychopleurella rectangulata, Ptychopleurella separata, Ptychopleurella sulcata, Ptychopleurella transversa, Ptychopleurella twenhofeli, Ptychopleurella uniplicata
Type specimen: USNM 110095b, a valve (pedicle valve). Its type locality is 2 - 3 miles north of Springer, which is in a Whiterockian shallow subtidal sandstone/grainstone in the McLish Formation of Oklahoma.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (1: Oklahoma collection)
• Ordovician of the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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