Camarotoechia contracta

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Camarotoechia contracta
Temporal range: Devonian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Rhynchonellida
Family:† Trigonirhynchiidae
Genus:† Camarotoechia
Species:
†C. contracta
Binomial name
†Camarotoechia contracta
(Hall, 1843)

Camarotoechia contracta is a species of brachiopod from the Late Devonian. [1] This articulate brachiopod was discovered in North America, in Warren, Pennsylvania, in strata that is a part of the Chemung Group. [2] This specimen is also recorded in the United States Synopsis of American Fossil Brachiopoda by Charles Schuchert which was printed in 1897. [3]

Currently, a Camarotoechia contracta fossil can be found in the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven, Connecticut. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Camarotoechia contracta Hall, 1843". Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Camarotoechia contracta; YPM IP 327197; North America; USA; Pennsylvania; Warren County; Warren". Discover Yale Digital Content. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  3. ↑ Schuchert, Charles (1897). A Synopsis of American Fossil Brachiopoda including Biography and Synonymy. Washington D.C. United States: Washington Government Printing Office. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "Camarotoechia contracta Hall, 1843". Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
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