†Calvinaria Stainbrook 1945 (rhynchonellid brachiopod)
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Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
Full reference: M. A. Stainbrook. 1945. Brachiopoda of the Independence Shale of Iowa. Geological Society of America Memoirs 14:1-68
Parent taxon: Calvinariinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Canavirilia, Lateralatirostrum, Plionoptycherhynchus, Tomestenoporhynchus
Subtaxa: Calvinaria bransoni
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (2 collections), Canada (3: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Ontario), United States (8: Iowa, New Mexico)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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