Pseudosyrinx (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae

Parent taxon: Permasyrinxinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Asyrinxia, Cundaria, Cyrtella, Kungaella, Kyutepia, Myodelthyrium, Pachycyrtella, Permasyrinx, Petinospiriferina, Primorewia, Pseudosyringothyris, Subansiria, Sulcicosta, Syrella, Verkhotomia, Woolagia

Subtaxa: Pseudosyrinx procera Pseudosyrinx sinuosa

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (10 collections), Canada (2: Yukon)

• Carboniferous of Australia (4), Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Yukon), Chile (1), United States (13: Indiana, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma)

Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence

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