Kutorginata - Kutorginida - Nisusiidae
Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1905. Cambrian Brachiopoda with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1395):227-337
Parent taxon: Nisusiidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Rowell and Caruso 1985 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bellistrophia, Eoconcha, Khasagtina, Narynella, Trematosia
Subtaxa: Nisusia alberta Nisusia ancauchensis Nisusia borealis Nisusia cloudi Nisusia festinata Nisusia fulleri Nisusia howelli Nisusia kotujensis Nisusia minussensis Nisusia multicostata Nisusia nasuta Nisusia pospelovi
Type: Orthisina festinata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Amgan of Iran (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
• Solvan of Australia (1), United States (1: Alaska)
• Delamaran of Canada (20: British Columbia), Mexico (1), United States (3: Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia)
• Ordian of Australia (1)
• Cambrian of Argentina (1), Australia (1), Canada (5: British Columbia), China (4), Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (2), the Russian Federation (6), United States (21: Arizona, California, Montana, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont, Virginia)
Total: 70 collections including 75 occurrences
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