Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Alternative spelling: Hemiptychina (Beecheria)
Parent taxon: Beecheriidae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Tschernyschew 1902
Sister taxa: Calycelasma, Hoskingia, Sokelasma, Tapetulasma
Subtaxa: Beecheria angusta Beecheria chouteauensis Beecheria curva Beecheria elliptica Beecheria expansa Beecheria fernglenensis Beecheria kargaliensis Beecheria lidarensis Beecheria magna Beecheria netschajewi Beecheria samarica
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), China (3), Croatia (1), India (1), the Russian Federation (23), United States (14: Texas)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (2), Australia (1), Canada (14: Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut), China (3), India (1), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (58: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Devonian of United States (4: Montana)
Total: 129 collections including 138 occurrences
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