Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1968. New species of Megousia Muir-Wood and Cooper and allied new genus from the Permian of Australia and North America. Journal of Paleontology 42(5):1171-1185
Parent taxon: Linoproductidae according to W. H. He et al. 2019
See also Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Linispininae, Linoproductinae, Paucispinauriinae, Selloproductus, Siphonosiinae
Subtaxa: Akatchania Anidanthus Fusiproductus Kuvelousia Megousia Mongousia Nuanducosia Protanidanthus Protoanidanthus Zia
Type: Anidanthus
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (175 collections), Bolivia (1), Cambodia (2), Canada (29: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon), China (72), India (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (3), Japan (14), Malaysia (3), Mexico (6), Mongolia (15), Nepal (8), Pakistan (9), the Russian Federation (131), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (26), Tajikistan (1), United States (242: Alaska, California, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Carboniferous of Mexico (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (4), United States (5: Alaska, Arkansas, New Mexico)
Total: 749 collections including 804 occurrences