Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Full reference: M. A. Zuykov and D. A. T. Harper. 2007. Platystrophia (Orthida) and new related Ordovician and Early Silurian brachiopod genera. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 56:11-34
Parent taxon: Platystrophiidae according to M. Rubel 2011
Sister taxa: Acanthorthis, Ffynnonia, Gnamptorhynchos, Mcewanella, Platystrophia, Salacorthis, Siljanostrophia, Vinlandostrophia
Subtaxa: Neoplatystrophia affabilis Neoplatystrophia deani Neoplatystrophia humilis Neoplatystrophia jaaniensis Neoplatystrophia janniensis Neoplatystrophia lutkevichi Neoplatystrophia lynx Neoplatystrophia ovalis Neoplatystrophia quadriplicata Neoplatystrophia reversata Neoplatystrophia saxbyensis
Type: Neoplatystrophia lutkevichi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Estonia (9 collections), United States (2: New York)
• Ordovician of Belarus (4), Estonia (28), Latvia (2), Lithuania (12), the Russian Federation (10), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (14)
Total: 83 collections including 86 occurrences
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