Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Dimegelasmidae
Alternative spelling: Dimegalasma
Invalid subtaxa: Crassispirifer Abramov and Grigorieva 1986 [replaced name], Doescherella
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1942. New genera of North American brachiopods. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 32(8):228-235
Parent taxon: Dimegelasmidae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Lintz and Lohr 1958, Sepkoski 2002 and Waterhouse 2004
Sister taxa: Guilinospirifer, Zeugopleura
Subtaxa: Dimegalasma eurekensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Yukon collection), United States (25: California, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, California)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
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