†family Sunnaginiidae Landing 1984 (lamp shell)

Brachiopoda - Tommotiida - Sunnaginiidae

Full reference: E. Landing. 1984. Skeleton of lapworthellids and the supragenetic classification of tommotiids (Early and Middle Cambrian phosphatic problematica). Journal of Paleontology 58(6):1380-1398

Parent taxon: Tommotiida according to E. Landing 1984

See also Li and Xiao 2004

Sister taxa: Eccentrotheca, Kelanellidae, Kennardiidae, Kulparina, Lapworthellidae, Mitrosagophora, Paterimitra, Porcauricula, Shetlandia, Tannuolinidae, Tommotiidae, Wufengella

Subtaxa: Jaycea Sunnaginia

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Type: Sunnaginia

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Australia (3 collections), Canada (12: Nova Scotia), the Russian Federation (7), the United Kingdom (7), United States (4: Massachusetts)

• Placentian of United States (6: Massachusetts)

Total: 39 collections including 40 occurrences

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