Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Alternative spelling: Dicaelosia
Synonym: Bilobites Quenstedt 1869
Full reference: W. King. 1850. Monograph of the Permian fossils of England. Palaeontographical Society 1-253
Parent taxon: Dicoelosiidae according to M. Rubel 2011
See also Amsden 1951, Bassett and Cocks 1974, Jin and Chatterton 1997, Mitchell 1977, Sepkoski 2002, Sinclair 1951, Temple 1987, Williams et al. 2000 and Wright 1964
Sister taxa: Epitomyonia, Teichertina
Subtaxa: Dicaelosia johnsoni Dicaelosia oklahomenesis Dicoelosia alticavata Dicoelosia anticipata Dicoelosia baltica Dicoelosia biloba Dicoelosia cathaysiensis Dicoelosia diversifrons Dicoelosia indenta Dicoelosia inghami Dicoelosia jonesridgensis Dicoelosia lata Dicoelosia osloensis Dicoelosia paralata Dicoelosia parvifrons Dicoelosia simulata Dicoelosia transversa Dicoelosia varica Dicoelosia verneuiliana
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), Canada (5: Northwest Territories, Quebec, Yukon), China (1), Czechia (5), the Russian Federation (4), Ukraine (1), United States (10: Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee)
• Whitwellian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories)
• Jaani of Estonia (12), Lithuania (6)
• Niagaran of Canada (1: Québec)
• Silurian to Devonian of United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Silurian of Australia (2), Belarus (1), Canada (25: British Columbia, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Québec, Yukon, Yukon Territory), China (5), Czechia (8), Estonia (30), Greenland (1), Iran (1), Lithuania (35), Mexico (1), Norway (28), Sweden (22), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (45), United States (99: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Wisconsin), Venezuela (1)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Norway (1)
• Ordovician of Belgium (6), Canada (2: Quebec), Estonia (5), Ireland (2), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (13), United States (15: Alaska, California)
Total: 406 collections including 441 occurrences
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