Eokirkidium Khodalevich and Sapelnikov 1970 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Pentameridae

Parent taxon: Pentameridae according to A. Williams et al. 2002

See also Jin and Chatterton 1997 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bisulcata, Brooksina, Capelliniella, Eopentamerus, Harpidium, Jolvia, Kirkidium, Lissocoelina, Nanukidium, Pentamerifera, Pentamerinae, Pentameroides, Pentameroidinae, Pentamerus, Rhipidium, Stenopentamerus, Twenhofelia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Brooksina Community, Early Ludlow, Lozva River, E. slope of Urals (Silurian of Russian Federation)

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