Lingulata - Lingulida - Pseudolingulidae
Alternative spelling: Lingula (Pseudolingula)
Parent taxon: Pseudolingulidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Bassler 1915, Holmer 1989, Holmer 1991 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bicarinatina, Meristopacha, Tarutiglossa, Wadiglossa
Subtaxa: Pseudolingula beltrami Pseudolingula curta Pseudolingula displosa Pseudolingula elderi Pseudolingula elegantula Pseudolingula eva Pseudolingula galenensis Pseudolingula iowensis Pseudolingula pseudoquadrata Pseudolingula quadrata Pseudolingula rectilateralis Pseudolingula scutum
Type: Crania quadrata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of China (3 collections)
• Dobrotivian of Portugal (3), Spain (1)
• Uhaku of Sweden (2)
• Arenig of the United Kingdom (2)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (3: Québec)
• Ordovician of Australia (1), Canada (11: Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (2), Estonia (14), Kazakhstan (4), Myanmar (1), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (12), Spain (2), Sweden (4), the United Kingdom (50), United States (50: Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania)
• Tremadoc of China (2)
Total: 168 collections including 180 occurrences
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