Lingulata - Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Full reference: F. L. Lavié. 2018. Linguliformean Brachiopods from the Las Plantas Formation (Ordovician, Sandbian), Argentine Precordillera. Ameghiniana 55:600-606
Belongs to Acrotreta according to F. L. Lavié 2018
Sister taxa: Acrotreta argenta, Acrotreta attenuata, Acrotreta baileyi, Acrotreta bellatula, Acrotreta bisecta, Acrotreta cancellata, Acrotreta claytoni, Acrotreta concentrica, Acrotreta conula, Acrotreta convexa, Acrotreta declivis, Acrotreta definita, Acrotreta eggegrundensis, Acrotreta emmonsi, Acrotreta gemma, Acrotreta gracia, Acrotreta idahoensis, Acrotreta inflata, Acrotreta kutorgai, Acrotreta levata, Acrotreta liani, Acrotreta marjumensis, Acrotreta miser, Acrotreta neboensis, Acrotreta nitens, Acrotreta nox, Acrotreta ovalis, Acrotreta pacifica, Acrotreta parvula, Acrotreta pyxidicula, Acrotreta rudis, Acrotreta sagittalis, Acrotreta schmalensei, Acrotreta schucherti, Acrotreta seebachi, Acrotreta shantungensis, Acrotreta signalis, Acrotreta subconica, Acrotreta subsidua, Acrotreta ulrichi, Acrotreta uplandensis
Type specimen: CEGH-UNC 27305, a valve (Ventral valve). Its type locality is Quebrada de Las Plantas, Gualcamayo, which is in a Sandbian shallow subtidal shale/marl in the Las Plantas Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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