Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Synonyms: Cristiferina Cooper 1956, Sigopallus
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Parent taxon: Dalmanellinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Cooper 1956, Hints 1975, Howe 1988, Mitchell 1977 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bancroftina, Cryptothyris, Eremotrema, Howellites, Minororthis, Mirorthis, Onnizetina, Ravozetina, Trucizetina, Wysogorskiella
Subtaxa: Paucicrura corpulenta Paucicrura cristata Paucicrura cristifera Paucicrura eximia Paucicrura fistulosa Paucicrura navis Paucicrura plana Paucicrura quadrata Paucicrura robusta Paucicrura rogata Paucicrura sila Paucicrura subplana Paucicrura tuloinensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (1: New Brunswick collection), United States (2: New York)
• Uhaku of Belarus (1), the Russian Federation (2)
• Dobrotivian of France (1)
• Whiterockian of United States (2: Nevada)
• Ordovician to Silurian of United States (3: California)
• Ordovician of Canada (35: British Columbia, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec), Estonia (17), Latvia (3), Lithuania (6), Norway (6), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (12), United States (150: California, Georgia, Illinois, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
Total: 245 collections including 250 occurrences
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