Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Full reference: E.F. von Schlotheim. 1820. Die Petrfactendunde auf ihrem jetzigen Standpunkte durch die Beshreibung seiner Sammlung versteinerter und fossiler Überreste des Thier- und Pflanzernreichs der Vorwelt erläutert 1-457
Parent taxon: Hysterolitinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Johnson 1995 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Antispirifer, Arduspirifer, Australospirifer, Brachyspirifer, Costellispirifer, Dixonella, Dyticospirifer, Euryspirifer, Otospirifer, Paraspirifer, Patriaspirifer, Rostrospirifer, Trigonospirifer, Xinjiangospirifer
Subtaxa: Hysterolites piger Hysterolites pinguis Hysterolites tritus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (24 collections), Austria (1), the Czech Republic (3), France (8), Germany (7), the Russian Federation (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (8: Nevada, New York), Vietnam (7)
• Silurian of Australia (1)
Total: 65 collections including 70 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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