Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and J. T. Dutro. 1982. Devonian brachiopods of New Mexico. Bulletins of American Paleontology 82-83(315):1-125
Parent taxon: Adectorhynchinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Cooper and Dutro 1982 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Adectorhynchus, Drahanostrophia, Eoschuchertella, Guistrophia
Subtaxa: Floweria anomala Floweria arctostriata Floweria becraftensis Floweria bellulus Floweria chemungensis Floweria cornucopia Floweria crassa Floweria deformis Floweria iowensis Floweria lirella Floweria magnacicatrix Floweria pandora Floweria perversa Floweria prava Floweria pseudoelegans Floweria transversalis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (4: Arizona, California, Montana collections)
• Givetian of United States (1: Missouri)
• Devonian of Belgium (5), Canada (9: Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec), United States (214: Arizona, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Wisconsin)
Total: 233 collections including 239 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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