†family Styliolinidae Grabau and Shimer 1910

Tentaculita - Styliolinida - Styliolinidae

Synonym: Styliolitidae Gürich 1908

Parent taxon: Styliolinida according to N. M. Farsan 1994

See also Boucek 1964 and Li 2000

Sister taxon: Viriatellidae

Subtaxa: Styliacus Styliolina Styliolites

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Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (1: Indiana collection)

• Devonian of Australia (3), Brazil (2), Canada (14: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Northwest Territories and Yukon, Nunavut, Ontario, Yukon), China (25), the Czech Republic (18), Germany (4), Italy (1), Libya (1), Malaysia (2), Mongolia (4), Morocco (4), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (7), Tajikistan (5), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (81: Alaska, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania), Uruguay (1), Uzbekistan (1), Vietnam (3)

• Silurian of Bolivia (1), Canada (6: Northwest Territories)

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Nunavut)

Total: 192 collections including 218 occurrences

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