†family Eoconulidae Rowell 1965 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Acrotretida - Eoconulidae

Parent taxon: Acrotretoidea according to J. Hansen and L. E. Holmer 2011

See also Holmer 1986, Holmer 1989, Puura and Holmer 1993 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Acrothyra, Acrotretidae, Ceratretidae, Craniotreta, Curticiidae, Ephippelasmatidae, Hadrotreta, Scaphelasmatidae, Schizotretoides, Torynelasmatidae, Acrotetidae

Subtaxa: Eoconulus Otariconulus Undiferina

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Romania (1 collection)

• Uhaku of Sweden (6)

• Chazyan of United States (1: Alabama)

• Volkhov of Estonia (3)

• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Australia (3), Estonia (13), Iran (1), Ireland (2), Kazakhstan (1), Norway (2), Sweden (22)

• Tremadoc of Poland (1)

• Cambrian of Kazakhstan (2)

Total: 59 collections including 68 occurrences

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