Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae
Full reference: A. Williams. 1962. The Barr and lower Ardmillan series (Caradoc) of the Girvan District, south-west Ayrshire, with descriptions of the Brachiopoda. Memoir - Geological Society of London 3:1-267
Parent taxon: Hesperomenidae according to J. L. Benedetto 2012
See also Cocks 2005, Mitchell 1977, Popov et al. 2000, Sepkoski 2002, Williams 1962 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Aulie, Chaganella, Hesperomena, Kassinella, Rongambonites
Subtaxa: Anoptambonites convexus Anoptambonites exedra Anoptambonites grayae Anoptambonites kovalevskii Anoptambonites monetus Anoptambonites myiomorpheus Anoptambonites myriomorpheus Anoptambonites pulchra Anoptambonites subcarinata Anoptambonites williamsi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (1: Alabama collection)
• Ordovician of Australia (12), China (5), the Czech Republic (5), Kazakhstan (22), the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (7), United States (31: Alaska, California, Maine)
Total: 90 collections including 91 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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