†subfamily Gigantoproductinae Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae

Parent taxon: Monticuliferidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Auriculispininae, Compressoproductinae, Devonoproductinae, Eoproductellinae, Lercarella, Monticuliferinae, Striatiferinae, Zhejiangoproductus

Subtaxa: Gigantoproductini Semiplanini

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Type: Gigantoproductus

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Algeria (2 collections), Australia (2), Canada (3: Alberta), China (8), Ireland (2), Spain (1), Turkey (2), the United Kingdom (34), United States (1: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, California)

Total: 55 collections including 83 occurrences

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