Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Parent taxon: Hysterolitinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Antispirifer, Arduspirifer, Australospirifer, Brachyspirifer, Costellispirifer, Dixonella, Dyticospirifer, Euryspirifer, Hysterolites, Otospirifer, Patriaspirifer, Rostrospirifer, Trigonospirifer, Xinjiangospirifer
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: Ontario collection), China (4), Colombia (1), Germany (3), Mauritania (1), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (6), United States (18: Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania), Venezuela (2)
Total: 38 collections including 39 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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