Bimuria Ulrich and Cooper 1942 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Bimuriidae

Parent taxon: Bimuriidae according to L. R. Cocks 2010

See also Cocks 2005, Mitchell 1977, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Asperdelia, Craspedelia

Subtaxa: Bimuria (Bimuria) Bimuria buttsi Bimuria californiensis Bimuria dyfiensis Bimuria immatura Bimuria parvula Bimuria perrugata Bimuria popovi Bimuria superba Bimuria youngiana

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Type: Bimuria superba

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Chazyan of United States (2: Alabama, Tennessee collections)

• Ordovician of Canada (5: British Columbia, Newfoundland), China (1), Ireland (2), Kazakhstan (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (23), United States (14: Alabama, Alaska, California, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Virginia)

Total: 55 collections including 56 occurrences

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