Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
Full reference: H. Muir-Wood and G. A. Cooper. 1960. Morphology, classification and life habits of the Productoidea (Brachiopoda). Geological Society of America Memoir 81:1-447
Parent taxon: Aulostegidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Sister taxa: Agelesiinae, Chonosteginae, Ctenalosiinae, Echinosteginae, Edriosteginae, Gondolininae, Institellinae, Rhamnariinae, Taeniothaerinae
Subtaxa: Aulosteges Carilya Colemanosteges Lipanteris Megasteges Reedoconcha
Type: Aulosteges
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (3 collections), Australia (53), China (12), India (5), Indonesia (2), Iran (1), Japan (2), Nepal (33), New Zealand (1), Oman (7), Pakistan (23), the Russian Federation (23), Tajikistan (2), Thailand (2), United States (1: Texas)
• Carboniferous of India (2), Iran (1)
Total: 173 collections including 192 occurrences