Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Machaerariidae
Synonym: Cyclorhina Hall and Clarke 1893 [replaced name]
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1942. New genera of North American brachiopods. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 32(8):228-235
Parent taxon: Machaerariidae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Cooper 1942 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Australirhynchia, Cherubicornea, Ferganella, Latonotoechia, Machaeraria, Machaeratoechia, Sicorhyncha, Thliborhynchia, Yukiangides, Zeravshanotoechia, Zlichorhynchus
Subtaxa: Callipleura nobilis
Type: Rhynchospira nobilis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), Canada (1: Ontario), United States (6: Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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