Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Synonym: Glyptoglossa Cooper 1956 [replaced name]
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1960. Correction of brachiopod names. Journal of Paleontology 34(3):601-601
Parent taxon: Glossellinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Cooper 1956, Cooper 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anx, Casquella, Eoglossa, Fezzanoglossa, Glossella, Lachrymula, Leptobolus, Libyaeglossa, Pachyglossella, Plectoglossa, Rafanoglossella, Spondyglossella, Tunisiglossa
Subtaxa: Glyptoglossa ardmillanensis Glyptoglossella cavellosa
Type: Glyptoglossa cavellosa
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1 collection), United States (2: Maryland, Pennsylvania)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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