Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae
Synonym: Paraleptodus Lee and Gu 1980
Parent taxon: Lyttoniinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Tazawa and Shen 1997
Sister taxa: Cardinocrania, Collemataria, Coscinophora, Gubleria, Keyserlingina, Leptodus, Loxophragmus, Matanoleptodus, Oldhamina, Oldhaminella, Pararigbyella, Petasmaia, Pirgulia
Subtaxa: Eolyttonia carnica Eolyttonia catilla Eolyttonia chaotica Eolyttonia circularis Eolyttonia cornucopia Eolyttonia diabloensis Eolyttonia fredericksi Eolyttonia gigantea Eolyttonia mira Eolyttonia parviconica Eolyttonia phialiforma Eolyttonia pocillata Eolyttonia progressa Eolyttonia tenuis
Type: Oldhamina (Lyttonia) mira
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), China (40), Iran (5), Japan (11), Laos (1), Malaysia (3), Oman (1), Pakistan (9), Thailand (4), Tunisia (1), United States (128: Texas)
• Carboniferous of Belize (1)
Total: 205 collections including 231 occurrences
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