Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Billingsellidae
Full reference: J. Hall and J. M. Clarke. 1892. An introduction to the study of the genera of Paleozoic Brachiopoda. Natural History of New York, New York State Geological Survey 8:1-367
Parent taxon: Billingsellidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Bengtson 1992, Sepkoski 2002 and Zhan et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Cymbithyris, Eoorthinae, Eosotrematorthis, Kozhuchinella, Saccogonum, Xenorthis
Subtaxa: Billingsella (Otusia) Billingsella aliena Billingsella anomala Billingsella appalachia Billingsella bivia Billingsella coloradoensis Billingsella corrugata Billingsella costata Billingsella dice Billingsella exporrecta Billingsella harlanensis Billingsella hicksi Billingsella holtedahli Billingsella lindstromi Billingsella major Billingsella marion Billingsella obscura Billingsella orientalis Billingsella perfecta Billingsella plicatella Billingsella pumpellyi Billingsella rectangulata Billingsella richthofeni Billingsella saffordi Billingsella salemensis Billingsella seletensis Billingsella striata Billingsella tonkiniana Billingsella uniplicata Billingsella whitfieldi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Newfoundland collection)
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1), Australia (5), Bhutan (1), China (24), Iran (5), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (12), Spain (1), United States (37: California, Idaho, Montana, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
Total: 88 collections including 102 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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