Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Full reference: J. G. Johnson, A. J. Boucot, and M. A. Murphy. 1973. Pridolian and early Gedinnian age brachiopods from the Roberts Mountains Formation of central Nevada. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 100:1-75
Belongs to Skenidioides according to J. G. Johnson et al. 1973
Sister taxa: Skenidioides acutum, Skenidioides anthonense, Skenidioides asteroideus, Skenidioides billingsi, Skenidioides costatus, Skenidioides craigensis, Skenidioides elongatus, Skenidioides greenhoughi, Skenidioides hymiri, Skenidioides kayseri, Skenidioides lewisii, Skenidioides multifarius, Skenidioides oklahomensis, Skenidioides operosa, Skenidioides paucicostatus, Skenidioides petrasi, Skenidioides pyramidalis, Skenidioides scoliodus, Skenidioides woodlandiensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (3 collections), Canada (4: British Columbia, Nunavut), United States (15: Nevada)
• Silurian of United States (3: Nevada)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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