Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Alternative combinations: Platystrophia sublaticosa, Platystrophia sublaticosta
Full reference: M. A. Zuykov and D. A. T. Harper. 2007. Platystrophia (Orthida) and new related Ordovician and Early Silurian brachiopod genera. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 56:11-34
Belongs to Vinlandostrophia according to A. L. Stigall and R. Fine 2019
See also Zuykov and Harper 2007
Sister taxa: Vinlandostrophia acutilirata, Vinlandostrophia annieana, Vinlandostrophia attenuata, Vinlandostrophia corryvillensis, Vinlandostrophia cumingsi, Vinlandostrophia cypha, Vinlandostrophia elkhornensis, Vinlandostrophia foerstei, Vinlandostrophia hopensis, Vinlandostrophia juvenis, Vinlandostrophia laticosta, Vinlandostrophia moritura, Vinlandostrophia ponderosa, Vinlandostrophia regularis
Type specimen: USNM 65941
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (14: Georgia, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee collections)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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