Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Synonym: Petigopora
Parent taxon: Heterotrypidae according to A. Jiménez-Sánchez et al. 2015
See also Bassler 1953, Ernst and Nakrem 2012, Karklins 1984 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Asperopora, Atactopora, Dekayella, Eichwaldopora, Eridocampylus, Heterotrypa, Leioclema, Leptotrypa, Reptonoditrypa, Stigmatella
Subtaxa: Dekayia aspera Dekayia sugarensis
Type: Dekayia aspera
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Dobrotivian of France (1 collection)
• Chazyan of Canada (2: Northwest Territories)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Canada (5: Northwest Territories, Ontario), China (1), France (2), India (3), Italy (1), Libya (1), Morocco (1), Norway (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (37: Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 57 collections including 66 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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