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†Eoplectodonta (Ygerodiscus) Havlicek 1967 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae

Alternative spelling: Ygerodiscus

Synonym: Paranisopleurella

Parent taxon: Eoplectodonta according to M. Rubel 2011

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta), Eoplectodonta acuminata, Eoplectodonta bidecorata, Eoplectodonta budgei, Eoplectodonta california, Eoplectodonta duvalii, Eoplectodonta moelsi, Eoplectodonta nesnakomkaensis, Eoplectodonta oscitanda, Eoplectodonta penkillensis, Eoplectodonta percedens, Eoplectodonta praecursor, Eoplectodonta precursor

Subtaxa: Eoplectodonta (Ygerodiscus) bella Eoplectodonta (Ygerodiscus) cornuta Eoplectodonta (Ygerodiscus) striatacostatus Eoplectodonta (Ygerodiscus) transversalis Eoplectodonta (Ygerodiscus) undulata

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Type: Leptaena transversalis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jaani of Estonia (2 collections), Lithuania (2)

• Silurian of Canada (18: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), Czechia (2), Estonia (11), Lithuania (10)

• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (1: Québec)

Total: 46 collections including 51 occurrences

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