Full reference: J. Jin and B. D. E. Chatterton. 1996. Microbilobata, a new genus of earliest terebratulid brachiopod from the Lower Silurian of northwestern Canada: implications for the origin of higher taxa. Historical Biology 11:43-56
Parent taxon: Rhynchonellata according to A. Williams et al. 2007
See also Jin and Chatterton 1997
Sister taxa: Athyridida, Atrypida, Cadomelloidea, Cardiarinidae, Dentatrypa, Mongolellidae, Orthida, Pentamerida, Protorthida, Rhynchonellida, Spiriferida, Spiriferinida, Terebratulida, Thecideida, Tropidoleptidae
Subtaxa: Microbilobata avalanchensis
Type: Microbilobata avalanchensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Fauna x, Section AV5, Delorme Fm., Mackenzie Mts. (Silurian of Northwest Territories)
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