Brachyprion Shaler 1865

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae

Alternative spelling: Stropheodonta (Brachyprion)

Parent taxon: Leptostrophiidae according to M. Rubel 2011

See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Boucot 1960, Jin and Chatterton 1997, Jones 1982, Mitchell 1977, Musteikis and Cocks 2004, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Barbaestrophia, Castellaroina, Chynistrophia, Eomegastrophia, Eostropheodonta, Gamphalosia, Gibberostrophia, Leptostrophia, Mesoleptostrophia, Nervostrophia, Palaeoleptostrophia, Protoleptostrophia, Protomegastrophia, Retrorstrophia, Rotundostrophia, Tubulostrophia, Tudiaophomena, Tuvaechonetes, Tuvaestrophia, Velostrophia, Viodostrophia

Subtaxa: Brachyprion (Brachyprion) Brachyprion (Eomegastrophia) Brachyprion (Erinostrophia) Brachyprion arenacea Brachyprion arenaceus Brachyprion attenuata Brachyprion kurzemensis Brachyprion leda Brachyprion mirabilis Brachyprion portlocki Brachyprion robustus Stropheodonta (Brachyprion) arata Stropheodonta (Brachyprion) gibbera

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Type: Strophomena leda

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (12: British Columbia, Nunavut collections), the Czech Republic (1), New Zealand (1), Ukraine (1), United States (14: Alaska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee)

• Silurian to Devonian of United States (1: Oklahoma)

• Silurian of Australia (1), Canada (101: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (2), Estonia (4), Iran (1), Lithuania (2), Norway (1), Sweden (17), the United Kingdom (4), United States (16: California, Michigan, New York, Oklahoma, Virginia), Venezuela (1)

• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (1: Québec)

• Ordovician of Canada (3: Quebec)

Total: 184 collections including 309 occurrences

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