Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Synonym: Nix Easton 1962
Parent taxon: Rugosochonetinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alatochonetes, Arctochonetes, Chaohochonetes, Chonetinella, Fusichonetes, Isochonetes, Jakutochonetes, Kanokurachonetes, Komukia, Linshuichonetes, Nisalarinia, Paramesolobus, Pygmochonetes, Schistochonetes, Sokolskya
Subtaxa: Nix angulata Nix loganensis Rugosochonetes burlingtonensis Rugosochonetes californicus Rugosochonetes hardensis Rugosochonetes kansuensis
Type: Orthis hardensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Australia (45 collections), Canada (9: Alberta), China (8), the Czech Republic (2), Egypt (2), France (1), Ireland (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (13), United States (86: California, Idaho, Idaho-Utah, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa/Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah)
• Devonian of Germany (11), United States (19: Ohio)
Total: 198 collections including 222 occurrences
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