Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Eopteriidae
Full reference: J. Pojeta, J. Gilbert-Tomlinson, and J.H. Shergold. 1977. Cambrian and Ordovician rostroconch molluscs from Northern Australia. Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 171:1-54
Belongs to Eopteria according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Hoare 2000 and Pojeta et al. 1977
Sister taxa: Eopteria agustini, Eopteria aiteneria, Eopteria alta, Eopteria asiatica, Eopteria conocardiformis, Eopteria crassa, Eopteria flora, Eopteria ornata, Eopteria richardsoni, Eopteria trilobita, Eopteria ventricosa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 47. D667, D160. Signal Hill, S. Bank Ibis Creek, where road from Ibis Bore to 33 Bore crosses creek, which is in a Warendian carbonate limestone in the Ninmaroo Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (6 collections)
• Cambrian of Australia (13)
Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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