Lingulata - Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Parent taxon: Acrotretidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Bengtson 1992 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acrotreta, Acrotretinae, Amictocracens, Anabolotreta, Anelotreta, Angulotreta, Aphelotreta, Apsotreta, Araktina, Biernatinae, Brachaktassia, Canthylotreta, Conotreta, Cyrtonotreta, Dactylotreta, Dicondylotreta, Ditreta, Eohadrotreta, Eurytreta, Fascicoma, Galinella, Genetreta, Hisingerella, Homotreta, Iberotreta, Kostjubella, Kotylotreta, Kuangshanotreta, Lensotreta, Linnarssonella, Linnarssonia, Linnarssoniinae, Longipegma, Mixotreta, Neotreta, Odontotreta, Olentotreta, Ombergia, Opisthotreta, Ottenbyella, Physotreta, Picnotreta, Quadrisonia, Rhondellina, Satpakella, Scaphelasmatinae, Semitreta, Spondylotreta, Stilpnotreta, Tapuritreta, Tasbulakia, Tingitanella, Torynelasmatinae, Treptotreta, Vandalotreta
Subtaxa: Prototreta gribovensis Prototreta millsi Prototreta venusta
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Argentina (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (1), Greenland (2), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (3), the Russian Federation (1), United States (11: Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)
• Templetonian of Australia (4)
• Solvan of Kazakhstan (1)
• Amgan of Kazakhstan (7)
Total: 34 collections including 35 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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