Brooksina Kirk 1922 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Pentameridae

Parent taxon: Pentameridae according to A. Williams et al. 2002

See also Jin and Chatterton 1997 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bisulcata, Capelliniella, Eokirkidium, Eopentamerus, Harpidium, Jolvia, Kirkidium, Lissocoelina, Nanukidium, Pentamerifera, Pentamerinae, Pentameroides, Pentameroidinae, Pentamerus, Rhipidium, Stenopentamerus, Twenhofelia

Subtaxa: Brooksina (Khodalevichia)

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (8), United States (3: Alaska)

Total: 13 collections including 25 occurrences

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