Lingulata - Lingulida - Elkaniidae
Parent taxon: Elkaniidae according to J. Hansen and L. E. Holmer 2011
See also Holmer 1993, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Elkania, Elkanisca, Lamanskya, Monobolina, Plicarmus, Pseudodicellomus, Tilasia, Volborthia
Subtaxa: Broeggeria broeggeri Broeggeria obscura Broeggeria putilla Broeggeria salteri
Type: Obolella salteri
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (1: Wyoming collection)
• Arenig of Sweden (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Ordovician of Kazakhstan (3), New Zealand (1), Norway (3), Sweden (2)
• Tremadoc of Argentina (1), Bolivia (3), the Czech Republic (1), Iran (1), Norway (2), Sweden (3)
• Cressagian of the United Kingdom (3)
• Cambrian of Kazakhstan (8), New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
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