Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Parent taxon: Obolidae according to H. Wang et al. 2014
See also Hansen and Holmer 2011, Holmer 1986, Holmer 1989, Holmer et al. 2005, Mitchell 1977, Popov et al. 2000, Williams et al. 2000 and Wright 1963
Sister taxa: Elliptoglossinae, Eodicellomus, Fordinia, Foveola, Lingulella, Lingulellinae, Obolinae, Prastavia, Xianshanella
Subtaxa: Anx Casquella Eoglossa Fezzanoglossa Glossella Glyptoglossella Lachrymula Leptobolus Libyaeglossa Pachyglossella Plectoglossa Rafanoglossella Spondyglossella Tunisiglossa
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Devonian of the Czech Republic (2)
• Uhaku of Sweden (2)
• Letna of the Czech Republic (1)
• Chazyan of United States (1: Alabama)
• Fennian of France (1)
• Arenig of China (1), France (1)
• Ordovician to Silurian of South Africa (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Australia (3), Canada (8: Nunavut, Ontario), China (8), the Czech Republic (8), France (2), Ireland (2), Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (2), Libya (2), Norway (5), Sweden (7), the United Kingdom (11), United States (39: Illinois, Iowa, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia)
• Tremadoc of France (1)
• Cambrian of China (17)
Total: 128 collections including 137 occurrences