Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Full reference: T. W. Amsden. 1983. The Late Ordovician brachiopod genera Lepidocyclus and Hiscobeccus. Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 132:36-44
Parent taxon: Rhynchotrematinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Amsden 1983 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Otarorhyncha, Pleurocornu, Rhynchotrema, Stegerhynchus, Stegocornu
Subtaxa: Hiscobeccus arcticus Hiscobeccus capax Hiscobeccus gigas Hiscobeccus kananaskia Hiscobeccus rowleyi Hiscobeccus windermeris
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (49: British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec collections), United States (223: Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 272 collections including 277 occurrences
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