Lingulapholis Schuchert 1913 (lamp shell)

Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae

Parent taxon: Craniopsidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Craniops, Discinopsis, Paracraniops, Pseudopholidops, Wrightiops

Subtaxa: Lingulapholis terminalis

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Type: Pholidops terminalis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Nuculites-Colpomya community, Lorraine Group, no formation name, north-central N (Ordovician of New York)

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