Eospirifer praecursor Rong et al. 1994 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae

Full reference: J.-Y. Rong, R.-B. Zhan, and N.-R. Han. 1994. The oldest known Eospirifer (Brachiopoda) in the Changwu Formation (Late Ordovician) of western Zhejiang, east China, with a review of the earliest Spiriferoids. Journal of Paleontology 68(4):763-776

Belongs to Eospirifer according to J.-Y. Rong et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Eospirifer (Eospirifer), Eospirifer cinghizicus, Eospirifer eastoni, Eospirifer ghobadiae, Eospirifer marklini, Eospirifer radiatus

Type specimen: NIGP118704, a valve (interior mould of brachial valve)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of China (19 collections)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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