Rostroconchia - Ribeirioida - Technophoridae
Full reference: R. P. Whitfield. 1886. Notice of geological investigations along the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, conducted by Prof. H.J. Seely and Pres. Ezra Brainerd, of Middlebury College, with descriptions of the new fossils discovered. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 1(8):24-35
Belongs to Ribeiria according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Flower 1968, Pojeta and Runnegar 1976 and Whitfield 1886
Sister taxa: Ribeiria apusoides, Ribeiria australiensis, Ribeiria bassleri, Ribeiria calcifera, Ribeiria complanata, Ribeiria coreanica, Ribeiria csiro, Ribeiria francae, Ribeiria johni, Ribeiria lucan, Ribeiria manchurica, Ribeiria parva, Ribeiria personata, Ribeiria pholadiformis, Ribeiria pojetai, Ribeiria runnegari, Ribeiria spinosa, Ribeiria taylori
Type specimen: Its type locality is 227 - Promonotory on west end of Fort Cassin, Lake Champlain., which is in a Cassinian carbonate limestone in the Fort Cassin Formation of Vermont
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Arenig of Argentina (1 collection)
• Ordovician of United States (1: Vermont)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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