Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Parent taxon: Obolidae according to H. Wang et al. 2014
See also Cocks 2019, Hansen and Holmer 2011, Holmer 1986, Holmer 1989, Holmer et al. 2005, Mitchell 1977, Popov et al. 2000, Williams et al. 2000 and Wright 1963
Sister taxa: Atansoria, Elliptoglossinae, Eodicellomus, Fordinia, Foveola, Lingulella, Lingulellinae, Luthieria, Obolinae, Prastavia, Xianshanella
Subtaxa: Anx Barrandeoglossa Casquella Eoglossa Fezzanoglossa Glossella Glyptoglossella Lachrymula Leptobolus Libyaeglossa Mergliella Pachyglossella Plectoglossa Rafanoglossella Spondyglossella Tunisiglossa
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Devonian of Czechia (2)
• Uhaku of Sweden (2)
• Letna of Czechia (1)
• Chazyan of United States (1: Alabama)
• Arenig of China (1), France (1)
• Ordovician to Silurian of South Africa (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Australia (3), Canada (8: Nunavut, Ontario), China (8), Czechia (8), France (4), Ireland (2), Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (2), Libya (2), Norway (5), Sweden (7), the United Kingdom (11), United States (39: Illinois, Iowa, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia)
• Cambrian of China (17)
Total: 128 collections including 137 occurrences