Nisusia ancauchensis Benedetto and Foglia 2012 (lamp shell)

Kutorginata - Kutorginida - Nisusiidae

Full reference: J. L. Benedetto and R. D. Foglia. 2012. Lower and Middle Cambrian Rhynchonelliform Brachiopods from the Precordillera Terrane of Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 86(2):273-281

Belongs to Nisusia according to J. L. Benedetto and R. D. Foglia 2012

Sister taxa: Nisusia alberta, Nisusia borealis, Nisusia cloudi, Nisusia festinata, Nisusia fulleri, Nisusia howelli, Nisusia kotujensis, Nisusia minussensis, Nisusia multicostata, Nisusia nasuta, Nisusia pospelovi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ancaucha block, which is in a Dyeran marine lime mudstone in the Ancaucha Olistolith Formation of Argentina

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Ancaucha block

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