Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Parent taxon: Discinidae according to J. Hansen and L. E. Holmer 2011
See also Holmer 1986, Holmer 1989, Mitchell 1977, Popov 2000, Sepkoski 2002, Temple 1987, Williams et al. 2000, Wright 1963 and Zhan and Jin 2005
Sister taxa: Acrosaccus, Bronzoria, Chynithele, Discradisca, Gigadiscina, Opatrilkiella, Orbiculoidea, Orbiculoideinae, Roemerella
Subtaxa: Schizotreta concava Schizotreta corrugata Schizotreta elliptica Schizotreta marginalis Schizotreta medioradiata
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Argentina (1 collection), Canada (1: Yukon Territory), Morocco (1)
• Silurian of Australia (4), Belarus (1), Canada (2: Ontario), Czechia (3), the United Kingdom (7), United States (4: Illinois, New York)
• Letna of Czechia (1)
• Chazyan of United States (1: Alabama)
• Arenig of Czechia (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Ordovician of Australia (5), Czechia (1), Estonia (10), Iran (1), Ireland (3), Kazakhstan (4), Norway (13), Spain (1), Sweden (4), the United Kingdom (22), United States (2: New York, Virginia)
Total: 95 collections including 98 occurrences
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