Chileata - Dictyonellida - Eichwaldiidae
Parent taxon: Eichwaldioidea according to M. Rubel 2011
See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Williams et al. 2000 and Wright 1981
Sister taxon: Isogrammidae
Subtaxa: Eichwaldia Eodictyonella
Type: Eichwaldia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of the Czech Republic (4 collections), Kazakhstan (1)
• Jaani of Estonia (3)
• Silurian of Canada (4: Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), the Czech Republic (2), Estonia (3), Sweden (12), the United Kingdom (4), United States (64: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Wisconsin)
• Ordovician of the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (1), United States (7: Georgia, Oklahoma)
Total: 106 collections each including a single occurrence