Lingulata - Lingulida - Trematidae
Synonyms: Orbiculothyris Wolfart Bender and Stein 1968, Ptychopeltis Perner 1903
Parent taxon: Trematidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Drabodiscina, Schizobolus, Trematis
Subtaxa: Schizocrania incola Schizocrania turnbulli
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (5: New York collections)
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (5)
• Dobrotivian of Portugal (2), Spain (2)
• Letna of the Czech Republic (1)
• Ordovician of Bolivia (1), the Czech Republic (2), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (54), United States (19: Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, New York, Ohio)
Total: 92 collections each including a single occurrence
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