Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Verneuiliidae
Full reference: R. B. Blodgett and J. G. Johnson. 1994. First recognition of the genus Verneuilia Hall and Clarke (Brachiopoda, Spiriferida) from North America (west-central Alaska). Journal of Paleontology 68(6):1240-1242
Belongs to Verneuilia according to R. B. Blodgett and J. G. Johnson 1994
Sister taxon: Verneuilia cheiropteryx
Type specimen: USNM 476133, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 10063-SD. 3 m. thick silicified bed 82 m. below top of formation., which is in an Eifelian carbonate dolomite in the Cheeneetnuk Formation of Alaska.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USGS 10063-SD. 3 m. thick silicified bed 82 m. below top of formation.
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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