Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Parent taxon: Productininae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Chonetellinae, Chonetellini, Kepingia, Liolimbella, Productinini, Spinoparyphella
Subtaxa: Alitaria Bibatiola Bothrionia Cathaysia Eomarginiferina Huatangia Paramarginifera Paryphella Protoniella Tethysiella
Type: Paramarginifera
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (29 collections)
• Permian to Triassic of China (1)
• Permian of Canada (1: Nunavut), China (245), Greece (3), Iran (3), Malaysia (1), Mongolia (7), the Russian Federation (14), Thailand (4), United States (17: Texas)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nunavut), China (2), Mexico (1), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (26: Alabama, California, Idaho-Utah, Indiana, Iowa)
Total: 366 collections including 481 occurrences