Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
Parent taxon: Beyrichiidae according to R. H. Benson et al. 1961
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Apatobolbina, Beyrichia, Bolbibollia, Bolbineossia, Bolbiprimitia, Cornikloedenia, Ctenobolbinella, Deloia, Dibolbina, Dolichoscapha, Drepanellina, Hibbardia, Kloedenia, Knoxina, Kyamodes, Lophokloedenia, Mesomphalus, Mooreina, Myomphalus, Neoulrichia, Phlyctiscapha, Pseudobeyrichia, Saccarchites, Savagellites, Treposella, Treposellinae, Velibeyrichia, Welleria, Welleriopsis, Zygobeyrichia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of the Czech Republic (1 collection)
• Silurian of United States (7: Maryland, West Virginia)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Nunavut), United States (10: Iowa, Minnesota, Oklahoma)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
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