Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Parent taxon: Strophomenidae according to P. Musteikis and L. R. M. Cocks 2004
See also Hoel 2011, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Chunanomena, Gosaukammerella, Iberomena, Leptaenoideinae, Nasutimena, Oepikinae, Opikina, Orthotetinae, Oxostrophomena, Rafinesquinae, Septomena, Strophomeninae
Subtaxa: Bellimurina (Bellimurina) Bellimurina compressa Bellimurina concentrica Bellimurina incommoda Bellimurina sarytumensis Bellimurina subquadrata Bellimurina sulcata Bellimurina tenuicorrugata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (1: Alabama collection)
• Ordovician of Australia (1), China (3), Iran (2), Kazakhstan (8), the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (6), United States (8: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 33 collections including 34 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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