Synonym: Campylites Eichwald 1856
Parent taxon: Polychaeta according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002
See also Bayer et al. 1956 and Zhu et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Aciculata, Aeolosomatidae, Amphinomorpha, Arachnostega, Bundenbachochaeta, Caprascolex, Drilomorpha, Ebetallites, Eopolychaetus, Eotrophonia, Eunicemorpha, Eunicida, Flabelligerimorpha, Geophilus proavus, Haileyia, Hammatopsis, Hesionites, Hirudopsis, Khemisina, Klakesia, Leodicidae, Lockportia, Microtubus, Miskoa, Nawnites, Oliveirania, Onuphionella, Palaeotubus, Palpata, Parergodrilidae, Phragmochaetidae, Phyllodocemorpha, Pontobdellopsis, Potamodrilidae, Propolynoe, Psammodrilidae, Pyllodocida, Ramesses, Ruedemannella, Sarcionata, Schizoproboscina, Scolecida, Sedentaria, Sedentarida, Serpulimorpha, Siboglinidae, Soris, Spiomorpha, Spiroglyphus, Stoma, Terebellomorpha, Tosalorbis, Tubicola, Tubulelloides, Tymbochoos
Subtaxa: Campylites letullieri Sphenothallus angustifolius
Type: Sphenothallus angustifolius
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Madagascar (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (1), Ukraine (1), United States (2: Texas)
• Devonian of United States (2: Ohio)
• Silurian of United States (1: Iowa)
• Ordovician of China (1), the Czech Republic (1), South Korea (4), the United Kingdom (3), United States (3: Iowa, Kentucky)
• Amgan of the Czech Republic (1)
• Cambrian of Canada (1: Brithish Columbia), China (5), United States (2: Nevada)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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