Beyrichia M'Coy 1846 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae

Synonyms: Neobeyrichia, Nodibeyrichia

Parent taxon: Beyrichiidae according to R. H. Benson et al. 1961

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Apatobolbina, Bolbibollia, Bolbineossia, Bolbiprimitia, Cornikloedenia, Ctenobolbinella, Deloia, Dibolbina, Dolichoscapha, Drepanellina, Halliella, Hibbardia, Kloedenia, Knoxina, Kyamodes, Lophokloedenia, Mesomphalus, Mooreina, Myomphalus, Neoulrichia, Phlyctiscapha, Pseudobeyrichia, Saccarchites, Savagellites, Treposella, Treposellinae, Velibeyrichia, Welleria, Welleriopsis, Zygobeyrichia

Subtaxa: Beyrichia (Gibba) Beyrichia costata

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Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Italy (1 collection)

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)

• Couvinien of Australia (1)

• Devonian of Canada (1: Nunavut), China (2), Germany (1), United States (4: Alaska, Nevada, New York)

• Silurian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Quebec), China (1), Estonia (2), Germany (4), Italy (1), Lithuania (5), Norway (3), the Russian Federation (7), Sweden (9), Ukraine (10), the United Kingdom (22), United States (36: Maryland, New York, West Virginia)

• Ordovician of the Czech Republic (1), United States (4: Iowa, Minnesota, New York)

Total: 119 collections including 153 occurrences

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