Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Synonym: Pachyglossa Cooper 1956 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Glossellinae according to J. Hansen and L. E. Holmer 2011
See also Cooper 1956, Cooper 1960, Mitchell 1977, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Anx, Casquella, Eoglossa, Fezzanoglossa, Glossella, Glyptoglossella, Lachrymula, Leptobolus, Libyaeglossa, Plectoglossa, Rafanoglossella, Spondyglossella, Tunisiglossa
Subtaxa: Pachyglossella dorsiconvexa
Type: Pachyglossa dorsiconvexa
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (1: Alabama collection)
• Arenig of China (1)
• Ordovician of Norway (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (14: Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Virginia)
Total: 21 collections including 26 occurrences
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