Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Parent taxon: Ambocoeliinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Boucot et al. 2008 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ambocoelia, Attenuatella, Biconvexiella, Bisinocoelia, Cruricella, Crurithyris, Cyrtinoides, Dicoelospirifer, Echinocoelia, Eoplicoplasia, Guangxiispirifer, Metaplasia, Ogilviecoelia, Orbicoelia, Paracrurithyris, Speciothyris, Spinoplasia, Swaicoelia
Subtaxa: Plicoplasia cooperi
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Argentina (1 collection), Bolivia (10), Brazil (5), Canada (7: Northwest Territories, Quebec, Yukon), the Russian Federation (2), United States (5: Nevada, New York), Venezuela (1)
• Silurian of Canada (4: Nunavut), Iran (1)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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