Rostroconchia - Ribeirioida - Technophoridae
Synonym: Ribeirella Perner 1903
Full reference: S. A. Miller. 1889. North American geology and palaeontology for the use of amateurs, students and scientists 1-664
Parent taxon: Technophoridae according to J. Pojeta and B. Runnegar 1976
See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Kimopegma, Myocaris, Pleuropegma
Subtaxa: Ribeirella crassa Technophorus bellistriatus Technophorus cancellatus Technophorus cincinnatiense Technophorus divaricatus Technophorus faberi Technophorus filistriatus Technophorus kempae Technophorus milleri Technophorus minutus Technophorus nicolli Technophorus oblongus Technophorus peregrinus Technophorus planei Technophorus punctostriatus Technophorus quincuncialis Technophorus shiqianensis Technophorus subacutus Technophorus walteri
Type: Technophorus faberi
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of China (1 collection)
• Arenig of Bolivia (1)
• Ordovician of Australia (9), Canada (1: Quebec), Spain (1), United States (10: Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio)
• Cambrian of Australia (7)
Total: 30 collections including 31 occurrences
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