Megastrophia Caster 1939 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae

Full reference: K. E. Caster. 1939. A Devonian fauna from Colombia. Bulletins of American Paleontology 24(83):1-218

Parent taxon: Strophodontidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Megastrophia (Eomegastrophia) Megastrophia (Megastrophia) Megastrophia (Protomegastrophia) Megastrophia iddingsi Megastrophia transitans

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Australia (1), Brazil (1), Canada (20: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon, Yukon Territory), China (13), Colombia (2), the Russian Federation (8), United States (106: Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania), Uzbekistan (1), Vietnam (3)

• Whitwellian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories)

• Silurian of Canada (25: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Quebec), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (49: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, New York, Wisconsin)

Total: 235 collections including 243 occurrences

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