Cyrtoniscus Boucot and Harper 1968 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Anopliidae

Full reference: A. J. Boucot and C. W. Harper. 1968. Silurian to lower Middle Devonian Chonetacea. Journal of Paleontology 42(1):143-176

Parent taxon: Anopliinae according to G. A. Afanasjeva 2008

See also Hanger and Strong 2000, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Adatsagochonetes, Anoplia, Anopliella, Anopliopsis, Chonetina, Demonedys, Gatia, Glabrichonetina, Kaninochonetes, Tornquistia, Yagonia, Tschernovia, Parvichonetes, Neotornquistia

Subtaxa: Cyrtoniscus nectus

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Type: Chonetes nectus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (2: Maine, New York collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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