Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Alternative spelling: Orthis (Schizophoria)
Full reference: W. King. 1850. Monograph of the Permian fossils of England. Palaeontographical Society 1-253
Parent taxon: Schizophoriidae according to A. L. Stigall Rode 2005
See also Reed 1944, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Acosarina, Aulacophoria, Enteletoides, Kotlaia, Neoschizophoria, Orthotichia, Palaeoschizophoria
Subtaxa: Orthis (Schizophoria) iowensis Schizophoria (Eoschizophoria) Schizophoria (Rhenoschizophoria) Schizophoria (Schizophoria) Schizophoria amanaensis Schizophoria annanaensis Schizophoria chouteauensis Schizophoria depressa Schizophoria kintaensis Schizophoria kutsingensis Schizophoria lata Schizophoria nevadaensis Schizophoria paraprima Schizophoria parenteletiformis Schizophoria poststriatula Schizophoria resupinata Schizophoria rhomboidalis Schizophoria striatula Schizophoria striatula Schizophoria sulcata Schizophoria supracarbonica Schizophoria swallowi Schizophoria tani Schizophoria upensis Schizophoria verulamensis Schizophoria vulvaria
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (16 collections), Laos (1), Malaysia (9), Thailand (1), United States (3: Alaska), Vietnam (1)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (3: California)
• Carboniferous of Australia (47), Belgium (2), Belize (2), Brazil (1), Canada (3: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Yukon), China (4), Egypt (1), Germany (3), India (1), Ireland (4), Malaysia (2), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (78), United States (95: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa/Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, California, Wyoming)
• Givetian of United States (1: Missouri)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (9), Australia (10), Belgium (47), Canada (174: Alberta, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Mackenzie, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Yukon, Yukon Territory), China (34), the Czech Republic (4), France (20), Germany (24), Libya (1), Luxembourg (1), Morocco (2), Myanmar (2), New Zealand (4), Poland (17), the Russian Federation (13), Spain (16), Tajikistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (343: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin), Venezuela (1), Vietnam (4)
• Niagaran of United States (1: Ohio)
• Silurian to Devonian of Morocco (1)
• Silurian of Australia (2), Canada (5: Quebec, Yukon, Yukon Territory), China (14), United States (5: California, Indiana)
Total: 1038 collections including 1147 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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