Protoskenidioides Williams 1974 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae

Alternative spelling: Protoskenidiodes

Parent taxon: Skenidiidae according to J. Hansen and L. E. Holmer 2011

See also Benedetto 2003, Sepkoski 2002, Williams et al. 2000 and Zhan and Jin 2005

Sister taxa: Crossiskenidium, Replicoskenidioides, Skenidioides, Skenidium, Tropidothyris

Subtaxa: Protoskenidioides promontorium Protoskenidioides revelata

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Type: Protoskenidioides revelata

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Dawan of China (1 collection)

• Arenigian of Argentina (2)

• Arenig of China (2), the United Kingdom (4)

• Ordovician of China (13), Ireland (1), Norway (5)

Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence

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