Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Alternative spellings: Lingulella (Lingulepis), Obolus (Lingulepis)
Parent taxon: Obolinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Jin et al. 1993, Poulsen 1932, Sepkoski 2002, Walcott 1905 and Walcott 1912
Sister taxa: Aksarinaia, Anomaloglossa, Apatobolus, Barbatulella, Dicellomus, Ectenoglossa, Expellobolus, Experilingula, Famatinobolus, Gorjanskya, Kosagittella, Lenticulella, Leontiella, Leptembolon, Libecoviella, Lindinella, Lingulobolus, Lithobolus, Notiobolus, Obolus, Oepikites, Palaeobolus, Palaeoglossa, Palaeoschmidtites, Pseudobolus, Rafanoglossa, Schmidtites, Sinoglossa, Spinilingula, Spinobolus, Squamilingulella, Stittia, Trigonoglossa, Ungula, Westonia, Westonisca
Subtaxa: Lingulella (Lingulepis) acuminata Lingulella (Lingulepis) rowei Lingulepis acutangulus Lingulepis maera Lingulepis nabis Lingulepis pinnaformis Lingulepis tenuilineata Obolus (Lingulepis) eros
Type: Lingula pinnaformis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Dawan of China (1 collection)
• Arenig of Canada (1: Yukon), France (1)
• Ordovician of Bolivia (1), Canada (2: Alberta, British Columbia), Greenland (2)
• Tremadoc of China (2), Spain (2), United States (1: Montana)
• Skullrockian of Canada (1: British Columbia), Greenland (1)
• Cambrian of China (1), United States (17: California, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Vermont, Wisconsin)
Total: 33 collections including 34 occurrences
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