†Valcourea plana Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Plaesiomyidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Valcourea according to G. A. Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Valcourea angulata, Valcourea confinis, Valcourea semicarinata, Valcourea strophomenoides, Valcourea transversa
Type specimen: USNM 116967
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (1: Nevada collection)
• Ordovician of United States (5: California, Nevada)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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