Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Tetralobulidae
Alternative spelling: Paleostrophia
Parent taxon: Syntrophopsinae according to J. Hansen and L. E. Holmer 2011
See also Sepkoski 2002, Williams et al. 2002 and Zhan et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Altunella, Bobinella, Hesperotrophia, Plectotrophia, Rhysostrophia, Syntrophopsis, Tcharella
Subtaxa: Palaeostrophia angulata Palaeostrophia fibrillosa Palaeostrophia orthia Palaeostrophia perilla Palaeostrophia tecta
Type: Syntrophia orthia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Arenig of China (1 collection)
• Ordovician of Canada (3: Alberta, British Columbia), China (2), Norway (2)
• Ibexian of United States (1: Nevada)
• Cambrian of Canada (1: Quebec), China (26), Iran (1), Kazakhstan (6)
Total: 43 collections each including a single occurrence
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