Protochonetes elyensis Sheehan 1982 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae

Full reference: P. M. Sheehan. 1982. Late Ordovician and Silurian of the eastern Great Basin Part 4. Late Llandovery and Wenlock brachiopods. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 50:1-73

Belongs to Protochonetes according to P. M. Sheehan 1982

Sister taxa: Protochonetes harricanensis, Protochonetes ludlovensis, Protochonetes ludloviensis, Protochonetes minimus, Protochonetes piltenensis, Protochonetes striatellus

Type specimen: USNM 219628. Its type locality is Jack Valley Member, Great Basin, Southern Egan Range, which is in a Telychian/Wenlock deep subtidal shelf dolomite in the Laketown Dolomite Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jack Valley Member, Great Basin, Southern Egan Range

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