Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Parent taxon: Ambocoeliinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ambocoelia, Attenuatella, Biconvexiella, Bisinocoelia, Cruricella, Crurithyris, Cyrtinoides, Dicoelospirifer, Echinocoelia, Eoplicoplasia, Guangxiispirifer, Ogilviecoelia, Orbicoelia, Paracrurithyris, Plicoplasia, Speciothyris, Spinoplasia, Swaicoelia
Subtaxa: Metaplasia paucicostata
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Argentina (3 collections), Australia (1), Bolivia (15), Canada (4: Northwest Territories, Ontario, Yukon), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), United States (7: Nevada, New York)
• Silurian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories, Yukon, Yukon Territory), the Czech Republic (8)
Total: 44 collections including 45 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.