Obolus (Fordinia) gilberti Walcott 1908 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Full reference: C. W. Walcott. 1908. Cambrian Brachiopoda: descriptions of new genera and species. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 53(3):53-137

Belongs to Obolus (Fordinia) according to C. W. Walcott 1908

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is South of Marjum Pass, which is in a Marjumian carbonate limestone in the Marjum Formation of Utah

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at South of Marjum Pass

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