†Platidia marylandica Clark and Martin 1901 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Platidiidae
Full reference: W. B. Clark and G. C. Martin. 1901. Brachiopoda. Maryland Geological Survey, Eocene 203-205
Belongs to Platidia according to W. B. Clark and G. C. Martin 1901
Sister taxa: Platidia anomioides, Platidia blowi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Upper Marlboro (Aquia Fm), which is in a Thanetian marine sandstone in the Aquia Formation of Maryland
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Upper Marlboro (Aquia Fm)
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