Stegacanthia Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Sentosiidae

Parent taxon: Sentosiini according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Brunton and Champion 1974 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alatoproductus, Jakutella, Laminatia, Malloproductus, Markamia, Productellana, Sentosia, Sentosioides

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Australia (3 collections), Canada (5: Alberta), China (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Kentucky, Missouri)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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