Skenidioides kayseri Benedetto 2003 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae

Full reference: J. L. Benedetto. 2003. Early Ordovician (Arenig) brachiopods from volcanicalstic rocks of the Famatina Range, northwest Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 77(2):212-242

Belongs to Skenidioides according to J. L. Benedetto 2003

Sister taxa: Skenidioides acutum, Skenidioides anthonense, Skenidioides asteroideus, Skenidioides billingsi, Skenidioides costatus, Skenidioides craigensis, Skenidioides elongatus, Skenidioides greenhoughi, Skenidioides hymiri, Skenidioides lewisii, Skenidioides multifarius, Skenidioides oklahomensis, Skenidioides operosa, Skenidioides paucicostatus, Skenidioides petrasi, Skenidioides pyramidalis, Skenidioides robertsensis, Skenidioides scoliodus, Skenidioides woodlandiensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Arenigian of Argentina (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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