Beecheria Hall and Clarke 1893 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Beecheriidae

Alternative spelling: Hemiptychina (Beecheria)

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

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Tschernyschew 1902

Sister taxa: Calycelasma, Hoskingia, Sokelasma, Tapetulasma

Subtaxa: Beecheria angusta Beecheria bovidens Beecheria chouteauensis Beecheria curva Beecheria elliptica Beecheria expansa Beecheria fernglenensis Beecheria kargaliensis Beecheria lidarensis Beecheria magna Beecheria netschajewi Beecheria samarica

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Bolivia (1 collection), Canada (1: Nunavut), China (4), Croatia (1), India (1), the Russian Federation (31), United States (25: Alaska, Kansas, Texas)

• Carboniferous of Argentina (2), Australia (1), Canada (15: Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut), China (3), India (1), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (86: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas)

• Devonian of United States (4: Montana)

Total: 179 collections including 189 occurrences

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