Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Machaerariidae
Parent taxon: Machaerariidae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Australirhynchia, Callipleura, Cherubicornea, Latonotoechia, Machaeraria, Machaeratoechia, Sicorhyncha, Thliborhynchia, Yukiangides, Zeravshanotoechia, Zlichorhynchus
Subtaxa: Ferganella borealis Ferganella turkestanica
Type: Ferganella turkestanica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of China (2 collections), Mongolia (1)
• Silurian of Canada (9: New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon, Yukon Territory), China (3), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (6), the United Kingdom (4), United States (33: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Nevada)
Total: 60 collections including 61 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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