†Protozyga Hall and Clarke 1893 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Protozygidae
Parent taxon: Protozygidae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Mitchell 1977 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Manespira, Xysila
Subtaxa: Protozyga definitiva Protozyga exigua
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
• Chazyan of United States (1: Virginia)
• Whiterockian of United States (1: Nevada)
• Ordovician of Australia (20), Myanmar (1), Norway (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (12: Georgia, Kentucky, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia)
Total: 41 collections each including a single occurrence
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