Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
Synonym: Neobeyrichia
Parent taxon: Beyrichiidae according to R. H. Benson et al. 1961
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Apatobolbina, Bingeria, Bolbibollia, Bolbineossia, Bolbiprimitia, Cornikloedenia, Craspedobolbininae, Ctenobolbinella, Deloia, Dibolbina, Dolichoscapha, Drepanellina, Eobeyrichia, Gannibeyrichia, Halliella, Hibbardia, Kloedenia, Knoxina, Kyamodes, Lophokloedenia, Malnina, Mesomphalus, Mooreina, Myomphalus, Neoulrichia, Nodibeyrichia, Phlyctiscapha, Pseudobeyrichia, Savagellites, Simplicibeyrichia, Treposella, Treposellinae, Velibeyrichia, Welleria, Welleriopsis, Zygobeyrichia
Subtaxa: Beyrichia (Gibba) Beyrichia bohemica Beyrichia costata Beyrichia protuberans Beyrichia pustulosa
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Italy (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)
• Couvinien of Australia (1)
• Devonian of Canada (1: Nunavut), China (2), Germany (1), United States (4: Alaska, Nevada, New York)
• Jaani of Estonia (1)
• Silurian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Quebec), China (1), Estonia (1), Germany (4), Italy (1), Lithuania (5), Norway (3), the Russian Federation (7), Sweden (9), Ukraine (9), the United Kingdom (18), United States (36: Maryland, New York, West Virginia)
• Ordovician of United States (4: Iowa, Minnesota, New York)
Total: 113 collections including 139 occurrences
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