Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Synonym: Oepikinella
Full reference: E. S. Salmon. 1942. Mohawkian Rafinesquinae. Journal of Paleontology 16(5):564-603
Parent taxon: Furcitellinae according to C. R. Congreve et al. 2015
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Bajanhongorella, Bekkerina, Biparetis, Crassoseptaria, Cyphomenoidea, Dactylogonia, Dzhebaglina, Furcitella, Geniculina, Geniculomena, Haljalanites, Karomena, Katastrophomena, Kirkina, Laevicyphomena, Luhaia, Maakina, Mansina, Megamyonia, Molongcola, Murinella, Oslomena, Panderites, Pentlandina, Quondongia, Sakunites, Tallinnites, Teratelasmella, Titanomena, Transridgeia, Trigrammaria, Trotlandella
Subtaxa: none
Type: Oepikina septata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of Canada (2: Northwest Territories collections)
• Ordovician of Australia (3), Canada (62: British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario), China (5), Estonia (1), Kazakhstan (1), Latvia (1), Lithuania (1), Mongolia (2), Norway (4), the Russian Federation (26), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (101: Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
Total: 213 collections including 225 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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