Lingulata - Lingulida - Acrothelidae
Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1897. Cambrian Brachiopoda: Genera Iphidea and Yorkia, with descriptions of new species of each, and of the genus Acrothele. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 19(1120):707-718
Belongs to Acrothele according to C. D. Walcott 1897
Sister taxa: Acrothele (Redlichella), Acrothele affinis, Acrothele artemis, Acrothele bellapunctata, Acrothele bellula, Acrothele bergeroni, Acrothele borgholmensis, Acrothele concava, Acrothele coriacea, Acrothele dichotoma, Acrothele levisensis, Acrothele minuta, Acrothele primaeva, Acrothele rarus, Acrothele sougyi, Acrothele speciosa, Acrothele spinulosa, Acrothele subsidua, Acrothele turneri, Acrothele woodworthi, Acrothele yorkensis, Dearbornia clarki
Type specimen: USNM 26435
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Grant Alley, Northern York [Upper Member, Kinzer Fm] (Cambrian of Pennsylvania)
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