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, Aulosteginae, Chonosteginae, Ctenalosiinae, Edriosteginae, Gondolininae, Institellinae, Rhamnariinae, Taeniothaerinae
Subtaxa: Archaiosteges Baissalosteges Echinosteges Edriosteges Girlasia Howseia Limbella Sphenosteges Spirisosium Strophalosiella Strophalosiina Xenosteges
Type: Echinosteges
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Armenia (6 collections), Azerbaijan (2), Cambodia (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (80), Croatia (2), Guatemala (1), Iran (6), Italy (4), Japan (6), Malaysia (3), Mexico (2), Oman (2), Pakistan (5), the Russian Federation (9), Tajikistan (3), Thailand (2), the United Kingdom (7), United States (300: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Venezuela (3)
• Carboniferous of China (1), United States (10: Texas)
Total: 456 collections including 566 occurrences