Microcardinalia Boucot and Ehlers 1963 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Stricklandiidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Kulumbella, Plicostricklandia, Sinokulumbella, Sinostricklandiella, Stricklandiella

Subtaxa: Microcardinalia (Chiastodoca) Microcardinalia (Dauphinella)

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (13: Quebec, Québec collections), Estonia (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (4: Iowa, Nevada, Utah)

Total: 20 collections including 23 occurrences

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