Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Synonym: Apicilirella
Full reference: V. Havlicek. 1965. Superfamily Orthotetacea (Brachiopoda) in the Bohemian and Moravian Palaeozoic. Ústredího Ústavu Geologick reho, Vestník 40:291-294
Parent taxon: Chilidiopsidae according to A. L. Stigall Rode 2005
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Chilidiopsinae, Fardenia, Gacellinae, Saughina, Valdaria
Subtaxa: Xystostrophia umbraculum Xystostrophia woolworthana
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Givetian of France (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
• Devonian to Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (2), Canada (1: Quebec), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (10), Morocco (1), Myanmar (2), Poland (10), United States (8: New York)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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