†Calliprotonia Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Parent taxon: Calliprotoniini according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Tazawa and Shen 1997
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Calliprotonia inexpectatum Calliprotonia sterlitamakensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (21: Alberta, British Columbia, Nunavut, Yukon collections), Iran (2), Japan (1), Oman (2), the Russian Federation (3), United States (25: Alaska, Nevada, Oregon, Texas)
• Carboniferous of the Russian Federation (1), South Korea (1), United States (5: Nevada, New Mexico)
Total: 61 collections each including a single occurrence
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