Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Eopteriidae
Synonym: Eopteria typica Billings 1865 [replaced name]
Full reference: E. Billings. 1865. Palaeozoic fossils, volume 1. Geological Survey of Canada 1-426
Belongs to Eopteria according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Billings 1865 and Pojeta and Runnegar 1976
Sister taxa: Eopteria agustini, Eopteria aiteneria, Eopteria alta, Eopteria asiatica, Eopteria conocardiformis, Eopteria crassa, Eopteria flora, Eopteria ornata, Eopteria struszi, Eopteria trilobita, Eopteria ventricosa
Type specimens:
- Eopteria richardsoni: Its type locality is St. Antoine de Tilly, which is in a Cassinian carbonate limestone in the Beauharnois Formation of Canada.
- Eopteria typica: Its type locality is Richardson Collection, Port aux Choix, which is in a Cassinian carbonate limestone in the Catoche Formation of Canada.
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (2: Nevada collections)
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Newfoundland, Quebec), United States (23: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Missouri, Nevada, Texas)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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