Parent taxon: Machaeridia according to L. A. Parry et al. 2019
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Vinther et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Cuniculepadida, Hercolepadida, Lepidocoleomorpha, Turrilepadida, Turrilepadomorpha
Subtaxa: Plumulites australis Plumulites bengtsoni
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (2 collections), Spain (1)
• Silurian of Australia (1), the Czech Republic (2), France (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Tennessee)
• Dobrotivian of the Czech Republic (1), Spain (1)
• Letna of the Czech Republic (1)
• Arenig of France (1), Morocco (1)
• Ordovician of the Czech Republic (4), Ireland (1), Morocco (3), Norway (1), South Korea (5), Sweden (5), Turkey (1)
• Tremadoc of Morocco (1)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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