Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Parent taxon: Schizophoria according to King 1850
Sister taxa: Orthis (Schizophoria) iowensis, Schizophoria (Eoschizophoria), Schizophoria (Rhenoschizophoria), Schizophoria amanaensis, Schizophoria annanaensis, Schizophoria chouteauensis, Schizophoria depressa, Schizophoria kintaensis, Schizophoria kutsingensis, Schizophoria lata, Schizophoria nevadaensis, Schizophoria paraprima, Schizophoria parenteletiformis, Schizophoria poststriatula, Schizophoria resupinata, Schizophoria rhomboidalis, Schizophoria striatula, Schizophoria striatula, Schizophoria sulcata, Schizophoria supracarbonica, Schizophoria swallowi, Schizophoria tani, Schizophoria upensis, Schizophoria verulamensis, Schizophoria vulvaria
Subtaxa: Schizophoria (Schizophoria) australis Schizophoria (Schizophoria) chouteauensis Schizophoria (Schizophoria) impressa Schizophoria (Schizophoria) iowensis Schizophoria (Schizophoria) macfarlanii Schizophoria (Schizophoria) magna Schizophoria (Schizophoria) swallovi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Brazil (1 collection), China (2), United States (2: Colorado, Kentucky)
• Devonian of Canada (5: Alberta, Manitoba), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (3), United States (109: Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin)
• Niagaran of United States (1: Ohio)
Total: 125 collections each including a single occurrence