Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae
Full reference: P. E. Cloud. 1944. Part III: Permian brachiopods, in Geology and paleontology of the Permian area northwest of Las Delicias, southwestern Coahuila, Mexico. Geological Society of America Special Paper 52:49-69
Parent taxon: Petasmariidae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Athabaschia, Bryorhynchus, Eurycolporhynchus, Megalopterorhynchus, Ovlatchania, Parvaltissimarostrum, Petasmaria, Porostictia, Pugnoides, Rhynoleichus, Shumardella
Subtaxa: Leiorhynchoidea amygdaloidea Leiorhynchoidea cloudi Leiorhynchoidea laevis Leiorhynchoidea rotundidorsa Leiorhynchoidea scelesta Leiorhynchoidea schucherti Leiorhynchoidea sulcata Leiorhynchoidea variabilis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), China (1), Mexico (10), the Russian Federation (3), United States (24: Texas)
• Carboniferous of United States (4: Idaho, New Mexico, Texas, Utah)
• Devonian of United States (5: Nevada)
Total: 48 collections including 52 occurrences
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