†Elliptoglossa Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)
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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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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