Chilcatreta Lavié and Benedetto 2016 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Siphonotretida - Siphonotretidae

Full reference: F. J. Lavié and J. L. Benedetto. 2016. Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) linguliform and craniiform brachiopods from the Precordillera (Cuyania Terrane) of west-central Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 90(6):1068-1080

Parent taxon: Siphonotretidae according to F. J. Lavié and J. L. Benedetto 2020

See also Lavié and Benedetto 2016

Sister taxa: Acanthambonia, Acanthamboniinae, Alichovia, Celdobolus, Cyrbasiotreta, Eosiphonotreta, Helmersenia, Karnotreta, Mesotreta, Multispinula, Nushbiella, Oaxaquiatreta, Orbaspina, Schizambon, Schizamboninae, Siphonobolus, Siphonotreta, Siphonotretella

Subtaxa: Chilcatreta lariojana Chilcatreta tubulata

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Type: Chilcatreta tubulata

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Headwaters of the Cachiyuyo River, eastern slope of the Famatina Range (Ordovician of Argentina)

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