Myocaris Salter 1864 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Ribeirioida - Technophoridae

Full reference: J. W. Salter. 1864. On some points in ancient physical geography, illustrated by fossils from a pebble-bed at Budleigh Salterton, Devonshire. Geological Magazine 1:5-12

Parent taxon: Technophoridae according to J. Pojeta and B. Runnegar 1976

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Kimopegma, Pleuropegma, Technophorus

Subtaxa: Myocaris lutraria Myocaris plicata Myocaris sharpei

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Type: Myocaris lutraria

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Dobrotivian of Spain (2 collections)

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Québec), the Czech Republic (4), Norway (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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