Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Synonym: Wilsonia Kayser 1871 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Trigonirhynchiinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Jin and Chatterton 1997 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Agarhyncha, Aratoechia, Astua, Cupularostrum, Hercotrema, Iberirhynchia, Kirkirhynchus, Lissopleura, Macropotamorhynchus, Microsphaeridiorhynchus, Moorefieldella, Morphorhynchus, Myrmirhynx, Nasonirhynchia, Nekhoroshevia, Oligoptycherhynchus, Oxypleurorhynchia, Porthmorhynchus, Savagerhynchus, Sinotectirostrum, Stenorhynchia, Stenorhynchites, Sufetirhyncha, Tetratomia, Trigonirhynchia
Subtaxa: Wilsoniella saffordi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of China (2 collections)
• Silurian of United States (2: Indiana, Virginia)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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