Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Full reference: J. G. Johnson. 1966. Two new spiriferid brachiopod genera from the Lower Devonian of Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 40(5):1043-1050
Parent taxon: Hysterolitinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Johnson 1966, Johnson 1970, Johnson 1995 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Antispirifer, Arduspirifer, Australospirifer, Brachyspirifer, Costellispirifer, Dixonella, Euryspirifer, Hysterolites, Otospirifer, Paraspirifer, Patriaspirifer, Rostrospirifer, Trigonospirifer, Xinjiangospirifer
Subtaxa: Dyticospirifer mccolleyensis
Type: Dyticospirifer mccolleyensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (4: California, Nevada collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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