Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Parent taxon: Draboviinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Cooper 1956 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Boticium, Dalmanellopsis, Draborthis, Drabovia, Drabovinella, Eodiorthelasma, Fascifera, Hirnantia, Kinnella, Megasalopina, Nocturnellia, Oanduporella, Orthiella, Pionodema, Protomendacella, Salopina, Sphenophragmus, Talentella, Tunariorthis
Subtaxa: Diorthelasma parvum Diorthelasma semotum Diorthelasma weissi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Norway (6 collections)
• Chazyan of United States (1: Alabama)
• Arenig of China (2)
• Ordovician of China (1), United States (11: Alaska, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
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