Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Parent taxon: Palaeostrophomeninae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Mitchell 1977 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Apatomorpha, Glyptambonites, Goniotrema, Ishimia, Lepidomena, Nikitinamena, Onegia, Palaeostrophomena, Toquimia, Ujukites
Subtaxa: Titanambonites amplus Titanambonites incertus Titanambonites medius
Type: Titanambonites medius
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (3: Alabama, Tennessee collections)
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Virginia), Venezuela (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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