Gotatrypa altera Boucot et al. 1988 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae

Full reference: A. J. Boucot, J. G. Johnson, and N. Zhang. 1988. Silurian (Wenlockian) brachiopods from southeastern California. Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie 201(4-6):103-127

Belongs to Gotatrypa according to A. J. Boucot et al. 1988

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 409965. Its type locality is USNM loc. 12878, Red Amphitheatre, Funeral Mountains, which is in a Wenlock deep subtidal shelf dolomite in the Hidden Valley Formation of California.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USNM loc. 12878, Red Amphitheatre, Funeral Mountains

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