Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Skenidioides according to G. A. Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Skenidioides acutum, Skenidioides anthonense, Skenidioides asteroideus, Skenidioides billingsi, Skenidioides costatus, Skenidioides craigensis, Skenidioides elongatus, Skenidioides greenhoughi, Skenidioides hymiri, Skenidioides kayseri, Skenidioides lewisii, Skenidioides multifarius, Skenidioides operosa, Skenidioides paucicostatus, Skenidioides petrasi, Skenidioides pyramidalis, Skenidioides robertsensis, Skenidioides scoliodus, Skenidioides woodlandiensis
Type specimen: USNM 117079a
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (2: Nevada collections)
• Ordovician of United States (1: Oklahoma)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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