Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Synonym: Embolosia Cooper 1983
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1983. The Terebratulacea (Brachiopoda) Triassic to Recent: a study of the brachidia (loops). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 50:1-290
Parent taxon: Plicatoriinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Tanyoscapha
Subtaxa: Embolosia sphenoidea Plicatoria parva Plicatoria ventricosa Plicatoria wilmingtonensis
Type: Terebratula wilmingtonensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (1 collection)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Eocene of United States (15: North Carolina, South Carolina)
Total: 17 collections including 20 occurrences
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