Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and G. A. Cooper. 1936. New Genera and Species of Ozarkian and Canadian Brachiopods. Journal of Paleontology 10(7):616-631
Parent taxon: Polytoechiidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Benedetto 2003, Neuman 1964 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthotoechia, Admixtella, Antigonambonites, Asymphylotoechia, Eremotoechia, Martellia, Peritritoechia, Platytoechia, Polytoechia, Protambonites, Raunites
Subtaxa: Tritoechia (Parvitritoechia) Tritoechia (Tritoechia) Tritoechia alta Tritoechia billingsi Tritoechia careyi Tritoechia crassa Tritoechia delicatula Tritoechia florentinensis Tritoechia karmbergensis Tritoechia kendyktasica Tritoechia lewisi Tritoechia mollesensis Tritoechia quebecensis Tritoechia sinuata Tritoechia tokmakensis Tritoechia typica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (2: Nevada, Utah collections)
• Volkhov of the Russian Federation (1)
• Dawan of China (3)
• Arenig of Argentina (8), Canada (1: New Brunswick), China (21), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Arenigian of Argentina (4), United States (1: Nevada)
• Ordovician of Argentina (2), Australia (13), Canada (12: Alberta, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), China (14), Ireland (1), Kazakhstan (5), United States (20: Alabama, Idaho, Maine, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah)
• Canadian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories), United States (1: Maryland)
• Tremadoc of Argentina (3), China (13), Iran (2)
• Ibexian of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 134 collections including 143 occurrences
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