Schizophoria sulcata Easton et al. 1958 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae

Full reference: W. H. Easton, J. E. Sanders, J. B. Knight and A. K. Miller. 1958. Mississippian fauna in northwestern Sonora, Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 119(3):1-87

Belongs to Schizophoria according to W. H. Easton et al. 1958

Sister taxa: Orthis (Schizophoria) iowensis, Orthis (Schizophoria) subquadrata, Schizophoria (Eoschizophoria), Schizophoria (Rhenoschizophoria), Schizophoria (Schizophoria), Schizophoria amanaensis, Schizophoria annanaensis, Schizophoria chouteauensis, Schizophoria depressa, Schizophoria kintaensis, Schizophoria kutsingensis, Schizophoria lata, Schizophoria nevadaensis, Schizophoria paraprima, Schizophoria parenteletiformis, Schizophoria poststriatula, Schizophoria resupinata, Schizophoria rhomboidalis, Schizophoria striatula, Schizophoria striatula, Schizophoria supracarbonica, Schizophoria swallowi, Schizophoria tani, Schizophoria upensis, Schizophoria verulamensis, Schizophoria vulvaria

Type specimen: USNM 127915a

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Mexico (1 collection)

• Devonian of Canada (4: Nunavut), China (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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