Eodictyonella Wright 1994 (lamp shell)

Chileata - Dictyonellida - Eichwaldiidae

Synonym: Dictyonella Hall 1868 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Eichwaldiidae according to M. Rubel 2011

See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Sepkoski 2002, Williams et al. 2000 and Wright 1981

Sister taxon: Eichwaldia

Subtaxa: Dictyonella capewellii Dictyonella coralifera Dictyonella gibbosa Dictyonella planicola Dictyonella reticulata Eodictyonella capewellii Eodictyonella coralifera

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Type: Atrypa coralifera

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of the Czech Republic (4 collections), Kazakhstan (1)

• Silurian of Canada (4: Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), the Czech Republic (2), Estonia (6), Sweden (12), the United Kingdom (4), United States (64: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Wisconsin)

• Ordovician of Sweden (1), United States (7: Georgia, Oklahoma)

Total: 105 collections each including a single occurrence

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