Catazyga Hall and Clarke 1893 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae

Synonyms: Eonalivkinia, Salairella Severgina 1984

Parent taxon: Catazyginae according to A. Williams et al. 2002

See also Mitchell 1977 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Pentlandella

Subtaxa: Catazyga anticostiensis Catazyga arcana Catazyga cartieri Catazyga headi Catazyga hicksi

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (2: New Brunswick collections), the Russian Federation (1)

• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (2: Québec)

• Ordovician of Australia (7), Belgium (2), Canada (45: Ontario, Quebec), China (6), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (18), United States (15: Alaska, Indiana, New York, Ohio)

Total: 103 collections including 104 occurrences

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