Lithobolus limbatum Lavié and Benedetto 2020 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Full reference: F. J. Lavié and J. L. Benedetto. 2020. First lingulate brachiopods from the Ordovician volcano-sedimentary rocks of the Famatina Range, western Argentina. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 94:295-309

Belongs to Lithobolus according to F. J. Lavié and J. L. Benedetto 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Headwaters of the Cachiyuyo River, eastern slope of the Famatina Range, which is in a Floian coastal sandstone/siltstone in the Suri Formation of Argentina

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Headwaters of the Cachiyuyo River, eastern slope of the Famatina Range

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