†Tropidoleptus (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Tropidoleptidae
Parent taxon: Tropidoleptidae according to A. Williams et al. 2007
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Tropidoleptus carinatus Tropidoleptus platys
Type: Strophomena carinatus
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), Bolivia (7), Brazil (8), Canada (1: Nova Scotia), Chile (1), Colombia (11), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (5), Libya (10), Mauritania (3), South Africa (3), Spain (1), United States (388: Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia), Venezuela (6)
Total: 446 collections each including a single occurrence
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