Family Laqueidae Thomson 1927 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Laqueidae

Parent taxon: Laqueoidea according to C. C. Emig et al. 2013

See also Williams et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Frenulinidae, Maastrichtiella, Terebrataliidae

Subtaxa: Dalligadinae Laqueinae Parakingeninae Terebrataliopsinae

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Type: Laqueus

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (12 collections), Taiwan (1), United States (6: California)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Japan (1), United States (1: California)

• Pliocene of Japan (2), United States (3: California)

• Miocene of Japan (2)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)

• Eocene of Antarctica (2), United States (1: Washington)

• Paleogene of Antarctica (1)

• Paleocene of Denmark (4)

• Cretaceous of Algeria (3), Antarctica (1), Belgium (2), China (1), Egypt (1), France (4), Germany (3), Italy (1), Poland (2), Portugal (4), Serbia (1), Spain (13), Switzerland (5), Ukraine (6), the United Kingdom (9), United States (1: Arizona)

• Jurassic of Poland (1), Portugal (7), Ukraine (1)

• Triassic of Peru (2)

Total: 105 collections including 123 occurrences

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