Anomalorthis fascicostellatus Ross 1970 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Anomalorthidae

Full reference: R. J., J.r. Ross. 1970. Ordovician Brachiopods, Trilobites, and Stratigraphy in Eastern and Central Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 639:1-99

Belongs to Anomalorthis according to R. J., Jr. Ross 1970

Sister taxa: Anomalorthis lonensis, Anomalorthis nevadensis, Anomalorthis oklahomensis, Anomalorthis resoi, Anomalorthis rossi, Anomalorthis utahensis

Type specimen: USNM 160803, a valve (brachial valve). Its type locality is D1764 CO, which is in a Whiterockian shallow subtidal limestone in the Antelope Valley Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Whiterockian of United States (4: Nevada collections)

• Ordovician of United States (1: Nevada)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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