Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Pseudobigaleaidae

Full reference: M. W. Caldwell and B. D. E. Chatterton. 1995. Phylogenetic analysis of some Silurian rostroconchs (Mollusca) from northwestern Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 32:806-827

Belongs to Cassowarioides according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Caldwell and Chatterton 1995 and Rogalla and Amler 2006

Sister taxa: Cassowarioides anisomorpha, Cassowarioides perryi, Cassowarioides whitei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Fauna x, Section AV5, Delorme Fm., Mackenzie Mts., which is in a Wenlock slope limestone/shale in the Delorme Formation of Canada

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Fauna x, Section AV5, Delorme Fm., Mackenzie Mts.

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