Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
Full reference: J. Jin and L. E. Popov. 2008. A new genus of Late Ordovician-Early Silurian pentameride brachiopods and its phylogenetic relationships. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(2):221-236
Parent taxon: Parastrophinidae according to J. Jin and L. E. Popov 2008
Sister taxa: Anastrophia, Eoanastrophia, Eostrophina, Jolkinia, Liostrophia, Maydenella, Parastrophina, Parastrophinella
Subtaxa: Protanastrophia asimmetrica Protanastrophia distorta Protanastrophia indistincta Protanastrophia repanda Protanastrophia salairica
Type: Protanastrophia repanda
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (6: Nunavut collections), Estonia (7)
• Ordovician of Mongolia (3), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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