Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Full reference: G. W. Sinclair. 1945. Some Ordovician Lingulid Brachiopods. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada 3(39):55-82
Parent taxon: Obolinae according to J. Hansen and L. E. Holmer 2011
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Aksarinaia, Anomaloglossa, Apatobolus, Atansoria, Barbatulella, Dicellomus, Expellobolus, Experilingula, Famatinobolus, Gorjanskya, Kosagittella, Lenticulella, Leontiella, Leptembolon, Libecoviella, Lindinella, Lingulepis, Lingulobolus, Lithobolus, Notiobolus, Obolus, Oepikites, Palaeobolus, Palaeoglossa, Palaeoschmidtites, Pseudobolus, Rafanoglossa, Schmidtites, Sinoglossa, Spinilingula, Spinobolus, Squamilingulella, Stittia, Trigonoglossa, Ungula, Westonia, Westonisca
Subtaxa: Ectenoglossa lesueuri Ectenoglossa lyelli Ectenoglossa mantelli Ectenoglossa nympha Ectenoglossa oviforma
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of Canada (5: Ontario, Quebec collections), United States (1: Tennessee)
• Arenig of France (1), Spain (2)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Ontario), China (3), Kazakhstan (1), Norway (10), the Russian Federation (1), United States (4: Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia)
• Tremadoc of Spain (2)
Total: 31 collections including 32 occurrences
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