Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Full reference: A. D. Wright. 1968. The brachiopod Dicoelosia biloba (Linnaeus) and related species. Arkiv för Zoologi, Serie 2 20:261-319
Belongs to Dicoelosia according to B. G. Baarli 1988
See also Wright 1968
Sister taxa: Dicaelosia johnsoni, Dicaelosia oklahomenesis, Dicoelosia alticavata, Dicoelosia anticipata, Dicoelosia baltica, Dicoelosia biloba, Dicoelosia cathaysiensis, Dicoelosia diversifrons, Dicoelosia indenta, Dicoelosia inghami, Dicoelosia jonesridgensis, Dicoelosia lata, Dicoelosia paralata, Dicoelosia parvifrons, Dicoelosia simulata, Dicoelosia transversa, Dicoelosia varica, Dicoelosia verneuiliana
Type specimen: PMO 74564, a shell (conjoined valves). Its type locality is Malmøya, which is in an Aeronian marine carbonate in the Solvik Formation of Norway.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (1 collection), Estonia (13), Norway (25), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (26)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Norway (1)
Total: 68 collections each including a single occurrence
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