†family Platyterorhynchidae Savage 1996 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Platyterorhynchidae

Alternative spelling: Platyterorhynchinae

Parent taxon: Rhynchonelloidea according to P. A. Sartenaer 2014

See also Williams et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthothirididae, Inaequalibellirostridae, Nucinulidae, Rhynchonellidae, Sapphicorhynchidae, Lepidocyclidae

Subtaxa: Insignitisinurostrum Katabuporhynchus Platyterorhynchus Stenaulacorhynchus

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Type: Platyterorhynchus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (2: Alberta, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Mackenzie collections), France (3), United States (105: Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania)

Total: 110 collections including 111 occurrences

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