Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Parent taxon: Obolinae according to D. L. Bruton and D. A. T. Harper 2000
See also Bengtson 1992, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Aksarinaia, Anomaloglossa, Apatobolus, Atansoria, Barbatulella, Dicellomus, Ectenoglossa, Expellobolus, Experilingula, Famatinobolus, Gorjanskya, Kosagittella, Lenticulella, Leontiella, Leptembolon, Libecoviella, Lindinella, Lingulepis, Lingulobolus, Lithobolus, Notiobolus, Oepikites, Palaeobolus, Palaeoglossa, Palaeoschmidtites, Pseudobolus, Rafanoglossa, Schmidtites, Sinoglossa, Spinilingula, Spinobolus, Squamilingulella, Stittia, Trigonoglossa, Ungula, Westonia, Westonisca
Subtaxa: Obolus (Broggeria) Obolus (Fordinia) Obolus (Mickwitzella) Obolus acadica Obolus apollinis Obolus eichwaldi Obolus ion Obolus ismene Obolus matinalis Obolus mcconnelli Obolus membranaceous Obolus minimus Obolus nundina Obolus obscurus Obolus parvus Obolus pheres Obolus prindlei Obolus ruchini Obolus shensiensis Obolus smithi Obolus tetonensis Obolus virginiensis Obolus wortheni
Type: Obolus apollinis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Dobrotivian of France (1 collection)
• Chazyan of United States (1: Alabama)
• Volkhov of Lithuania (1)
• Klabava of the Czech Republic (1)
• Arenig of Argentina (1), China (2), Spain (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Australia (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (4), Colombia (1), the Czech Republic (1), Estonia (3), Lithuania (1), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (14), United States (1: Nevada)
• Canadian of United States (1: Maryland)
• Tremadoc of Argentina (4), China (9), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1)
• Cressagian of the United Kingdom (1)
• Skullrockian of Canada (2: Alberta, British Columbia)
• Delamaran of Canada (1: British Columbia)
• Cambrian to Ordovician of the Russian Federation (1)
• Cambrian of Australia (1), Canada (2: British Columbia, Nova Scotia), China (3), Estonia (1), Norway (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (5), United States (14: California, Idaho, Massachusetts, Montana, New York, Utah, Wisconsin)
• Caerfai of India (1)
Total: 97 collections including 98 occurrences
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