Rhynchotrema oepiki Percival 1991 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae

Full reference: I. Percival. 1991. Late Ordovician articulate brachiopods from central New South Wales, Australia. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 11:107-177

Belongs to Rhynchotrema according to I. Percival 1991

Sister taxa: Rhynchotrema dentatum, Rhynchotrema fringilla, Rhynchotrema increbescens, Rhynchotrema iowense, Rhynchotrema nobilis, Rhynchotrema nutrix, Rhynchotrema parva, Rhynchotrema parviseptatum, Rhynchotrema perlamellosum, Rhynchotrema plicata, Rhynchotrema plicatum, Rhynchotrema pulchellum, Rhynchotrema seletensis, Rhynchotrema tamarackensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is L134. East of Fossil Hill, near Cliefden Caves, which is in an Eastonian shallow subtidal limestone in the Fossil Hill Limestone Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Australia (19 collections)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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