†Paterula polita Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)
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Lingulata - Lingulida - Paterulidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Paterula according to S. P. Robson and B. R. Pratt 2001
See also Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Paterula balclatchiensis, Paterula bohemica, Paterula holynensis, Paterula numerosa, Paterula perfecta, Paterula subcircularis
Type specimen: USNM 109411b, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Beachy Cove, Bed 9 [Factory Cove Mbr, Shallow Bay Fm] (Ordovician of Newfoundland and Labrador)
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