Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Alternative spelling: Pugnax (Wellerella)
Synonym: Changyangrhynchus
Full reference: C. O. Dunbar and G. E. Condra. 1932. Brachiopoda of the Pennsylvanian System in Nebraska. Geological Survey of Nebraska Bulletin, Second Series 5:1-377
Parent taxon: Wellerellinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Reed 1944 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cenorhynchia, Lissella, Myopugnax, Phrenophoria, Plekonella, Tautosia
Subtaxa: Wellerella arthaberi Wellerella bidentata Wellerella connivens Wellerella delicatula Wellerella girtyi Wellerella globosa Wellerella granum Wellerella hemiplicata Wellerella lemasi Wellerella longiplicata Wellerella minuta Wellerella multiplicata Wellerella nitidula Wellerella osagensis Wellerella polycostata Wellerella rotunda Wellerella saxatilis Wellerella tetrahedra Wellerella texana Wellerella truncata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Armenia (3 collections), Azerbaijan (9), Bolivia (2), Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Yukon), China (5), Greece (1), India (1), Iran (1), Mexico (18), Oman (1), Pakistan (5), Peru (15), the Russian Federation (4), Tajikistan (4), Ukraine (5), United States (84: Arizona, California, Kansas, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: California)
• Carboniferous of China (2), United States (114: Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 277 collections including 304 occurrences
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