†family Yunnanellidae Rzhonsnitskaya 1959 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Yunnanellidae

Parent taxon: Pugnacoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2002

See also Balinski 1995

Sister taxa: Aseptorhynchiidae, Basiliolidae, Camerophorinidae, Erymnariidae, Ladogiidae, Paranorellidae, Petasmariidae, Plectorhynchellidae, Pseudocapillirhynchia, Pugnacidae, Pygmaellidae, Rozmanariidae

Subtaxa: Ladogioides Nayunnella Schnurella Yunnanella

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Type: Yunnanella

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Belgium (2 collections), Canada (25: Alberta, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Ontario), China (8), France (4), Germany (6), Morocco (1), Myanmar (2), the Russian Federation (7), United States (7: Iowa, Nevada)

Total: 62 collections including 67 occurrences

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