Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Alternative spelling: Lingula (Palaeoglossa)
Invalid subtaxa: Glossina Phillips 1848 [replaced name], Lingula (Glossina) Phillips 1848 [replaced name]
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1911. The name Glossina. The Nautilus 25:96
Parent taxon: Obolinae according to J. Hansen and L. E. Holmer 2011
See also Bassler 1915, Cockerell 1908, Cockerell 1911, Raymond 1911, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Aksarinaia, Anomaloglossa, Apatobolus, Atansoria, Barbatulella, Dicellomus, Ectenoglossa, Expellobolus, Experilingula, Famatinobolus, Gorjanskya, Kosagittella, Lenticulella, Leontiella, Leptembolon, Libecoviella, Lindinella, Lingulepis, Lingulobolus, Lithobolus, Notiobolus, Obolus, Oepikites, Palaeobolus, Palaeoschmidtites, Pseudobolus, Rafanoglossa, Schmidtites, Sinoglossa, Spinilingula, Spinobolus, Squamilingulella, Stittia, Trigonoglossa, Ungula, Westonia, Westonisca
Subtaxa: Glossina elongata Glossina lineolata Glossina nicklesi Glossina placibilis Glossina riciniformis Lingula (Palaeoglossa) hurlbuti Lingula (Palaeoglossa) perovata Lingula (Palaeoglossa) trentonensis Palaeoglossa attenuata Palaeoglossa belli Palaeoglossa briseis Palaeoglossa friabilis Palaeoglossa maccullochi Palaeoglossa minima
Type: Lingula attenuata
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Kentucky collection)
• Devonian of United States (1: Missouri)
• Silurian of United States (11: New York)
• Dobrotivian of Portugal (1), Spain (1)
• Chazyan of Canada (2: Ontario, Quebec), United States (3: New York)
• Arenig of the United Kingdom (13)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Canada (7: Manitoba, Ontario), China (7), the Czech Republic (2), Norway (3), Portugal (1), Spain (2), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (83), United States (15: Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, Virginia)
Total: 156 collections including 161 occurrences
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