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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