Elliptoglossa Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Parent taxon: Elliptoglossinae according to J. Hansen and L. E. Holmer 2011

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxon: Lingulops

Subtaxa: Elliptoglossa ovalis Elliptoglossa rotundata Elliptoglossa sylvanica Elliptoglossa vulgaris

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Type: Leptobolus ovalis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Chazyan of United States (1: Alabama collection)

• Arenig of Spain (1)

• Ordovician of Australia (10), China (1), Ireland (1), Kazakhstan (1), Norway (7), Portugal (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: Tennessee, Virginia)

• Tremadoc of Iran (1), Poland (1)

Total: 29 collections including 30 occurrences

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