What kind of organism encrusts the pedicle valve (the convex valve)? How did this brachiopod orient itself when it was alive - domed side up or domed side down? (use the diagram of brachiopod shapes, ...
Ventral view of Mucrospirifer, a fossil brachiopod, showing the characteristically wing-like shell. This Devonian specimen from Ohio is 3.5cm wide. Brachiopod hard parts have excellent preservation ...