Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Full reference: T. W. Amsden. 1958. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Hunton Group in the Arbuckle Mountain Region. Part II - Haragan articulate brachiopods. Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 78:1-144
Belongs to Stropheodonta (Brachyprion) according to T. W. Amsden 1958
See also Harper and Boucot 1978
Sister taxa: Brachyprion (Brachyprion), Brachyprion (Eomegastrophia), Brachyprion (Erinostrophia), Brachyprion arenacea, Brachyprion arenaceus, Brachyprion attenuata, Brachyprion kurzemensis, Brachyprion leda, Brachyprion mirabilis, Brachyprion portlocki, Brachyprion robustus, Stropheodonta (Brachyprion) arata
Type specimen: OU-930. Its type locality is C1-K; near old Hunton townsite, which is in a Lochkovian deep subtidal ramp marl in the Haragan Formation of Oklahoma.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (3: Oklahoma collections)
• Silurian to Devonian of United States (1: Oklahoma)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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