Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Machaerariidae
Synonym: Qinlingotoechia
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1955. New Genera of Middle Paleozoic Brachiopods. Journal of Paleontology 29(1):45-63
Parent taxon: Machaerariidae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Australirhynchia, Callipleura, Cherubicornea, Ferganella, Latonotoechia, Machaeratoechia, Sicorhyncha, Thliborhynchia, Yukiangides, Zeravshanotoechia, Zlichorhynchus
Subtaxa: Machaeraria carolina Machaeraria formosa Machaeraria kurjensis Machaeraria obesa Machaeraria paraformosa
Type: Rhynchonella formosa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (6 collections), Canada (23: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon), China (2), Ukraine (1), United States (10: Nevada, New York, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania)
• Silurian to Devonian of Australia (1)
• Silurian of United States (1: New York)
Total: 44 collections including 46 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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