Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Synonym: Obolopsis Saito 1936
Parent taxon: Obolinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Bengtson 1992 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aksarinaia, Anomaloglossa, Apatobolus, Atansoria, Barbatulella, Dicellomus, Ectenoglossa, Expellobolus, Experilingula, Famatinobolus, Gorjanskya, Kosagittella, Lenticulella, Leontiella, Leptembolon, Libecoviella, Lindinella, Lingulepis, Lingulobolus, Lithobolus, Notiobolus, Obolus, Oepikites, Palaeoglossa, Palaeoschmidtites, Pseudobolus, Rafanoglossa, Schmidtites, Sinoglossa, Spinilingula, Spinobolus, Squamilingulella, Stittia, Trigonoglossa, Ungula, Westonia, Westonisca
Subtaxa: Palaeobolus liantuoensis Palaeobolus margaritae
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cressagian of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Cambrian of China (9), Kazakhstan (6)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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