Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Full reference: F.G. Stehli. 1954. Lower Leonardian Brachiopoda of the Sierra Diablo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 105(3):257-358
Parent taxon: Ambocoeliinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ambocoelia, Biconvexiella, Bisinocoelia, Cruricella, Crurithyris, Cyrtinoides, Dicoelospirifer, Echinocoelia, Eoplicoplasia, Guangxiispirifer, Metaplasia, Ogilviecoelia, Orbicoelia, Paracrurithyris, Plicoplasia, Speciothyris, Spinoplasia, Swaicoelia
Subtaxa: Attenuatella altilis Attenuatella attenuata Attenuatella bandoi Attenuatella bisulcata Attenuatella incurvata Attenuatella mengi Attenuatella mepailensis Attenuatella multispinosa Attenuatella omolonensis Attenuatella paraincurvata Attenuatella piyasini Attenuatella stringocephaloides Attenuatella taimyrica Attenuatella texana Attenuatella xiujumqinqiensis
Type: Attenuatella texana
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (12 collections), Canada (3: Yukon), China (18), Japan (4), Mexico (1), Mongolia (1), New Caledonia (2), New Zealand (16), Pakistan (3), the Russian Federation (11), Thailand (3), United States (3: Alaska, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Yukon)
Total: 78 collections including 79 occurrences
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