Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
Full reference: F.G. Stehli. 1954. Lower Leonardian Brachiopoda of the Sierra Diablo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 105(3):257-358
Parent taxon: Echinosteginae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Archaiosteges, Baissalosteges, Echinosteges, Edriosteges, Girlasia, Howseia, Sphenosteges, Spirisosium, Strophalosiella, Strophalosiina, Xenosteges
Subtaxa: Limbella costellata Limbella grangeri Limbella limbata Limbella victorioensis Limbella wolfcampensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), United States (97: Texas)
• Carboniferous of China (1), United States (10: Texas)
Total: 109 collections each including a single occurrence
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