Oxoplecia monitorensis Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245

Belongs to Oxoplecia according to G. A. Cooper 1956

Sister taxa: Oxoplecia abnormis, Oxoplecia andersoni, Oxoplecia calhouni, Oxoplecia cooperi, Oxoplecia costellata, Oxoplecia holstonensis, Oxoplecia multicostellata, Oxoplecia plicata, Oxoplecia subborealis, Oxoplecia ujukensis

Type specimen: USNM 117111a, a valve. Its type locality is On the saddle just north of hill 8167, Martin's Ridge, which is in a Mohawkian carbonate limestone in the Copenhagen Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Whiterockian of United States (1: Nevada collection)

• Ordovician of United States (1: Nevada)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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