Uchtospirifer (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae

Synonyms: Clivospirifer, Nordispirifer , Timanospirifer

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acutella, Cyrtiopsis, Dichospirifer, Dmitria, Eodmitria, Mennespirifer, Platyspirifer

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Afghanistan (5 collections), China (1), France (3), Iran (7), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Vietnam (1)

Total: 19 collections including 21 occurrences

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