†family Balatonospiridae Dagys 1974 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Balatonospiridae

Parent taxon: Pennospiriferinoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Lepismatinidae, Paraspiriferinidae, Pennospiriferinidae, Punctospiriferidae, Reticulariinidae, Sarganostegidae, Spiriferellinidae, Spiropunctiferidae

Subtaxa: Balatonospirinae Dinarispirinae Yalongiinae

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (2 collections), Bosnia and Herzegovina (6), China (37), Croatia (1), Hungary (14), Italy (10), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia (1), Slovakia (1), United States (3: Nevada)

Total: 77 collections including 99 occurrences

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