Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Parent taxon: Trigonirhynchiinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Jin and Chatterton 1997 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Agarhyncha, Aratoechia, Astua, Hercotrema, Iberirhynchia, Kirkirhynchus, Lissopleura, Macropotamorhynchus, Microsphaeridiorhynchus, Moorefieldella, Morphorhynchus, Myrmirhynx, Nasonirhynchia, Nekhoroshevia, Oligoptycherhynchus, Oxypleurorhynchia, Porthmorhynchus, Savagerhynchus, Sinotectirostrum, Stenorhynchia, Stenorhynchites, Sufetirhyncha, Tetratomia, Trigonirhynchia, Wilsoniella
Subtaxa: Cupularostrum congregata Cupularostrum eximia Cupularostrum orbicularis Cupularostrum stevensoni
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Libya (7 collections), United States (1: Texas)
• Givetian of France (4)
• Devonian of Canada (2: Yukon), Libya (21), Mauritania (1), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (3), United States (264: Arizona, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin)
• Silurian of United States (2: California, New York)
Total: 307 collections including 320 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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