Chlorophyceae - Receptaculitidae
Parent taxon: Receptaculitidae according to M. H. Nitecki 1986
Sister taxa: Calathida, Calathidae, Fisherites, Ischadites, Leptopoterion, Soanites
Subtaxa: Receptaculites ellipticus Receptaculites elongatus Receptaculites neptuni Receptaculites poelmi
Type: Receptaculites neptuni
Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Devonian of Afghanistan (2 collections), Australia (1), Belgium (1), Bolivia (1), Canada (4: Alberta, Nunavut, Ontario), Italy (1), New Zealand (2), Spain (1), United States (3: Alaska, New York)
• Silurian of Australia (1), Canada (3: British Columbia, Nunavut)
• Chazyan of United States (2: Virginia)
• Whiterockian of United States (3: California)
• Ordovician of Canada (52: Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), China (1), Estonia (1), Norway (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (28: Colorado, Missouri, Nevada, Utah, Virginia)
• Canadian of United States (1: Utah)
Total: 112 collections including 119 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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