Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Alternative spelling: Chilidiopsididae
Parent taxon: Chilidiopsoidea according to L. Hints and D. A. T. Harper 2015
See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Isaacson et al. 1976, Musteikis and Cocks 2004, Rubel 2011 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Areostrophiidae, Eocramatiidae
Subtaxa: Chilidiopsinae Fardenia Gacellinae Saughina Valdaria Xystostrophia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian to Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (2), Argentina (1), Australia (3), Belarus (2), Canada (45: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Yukon), the Czech Republic (8), France (29), Germany (13), Libya (1), Mongolia (1), Morocco (1), Myanmar (2), Poland (10), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (5), Ukraine (5), United States (14: Nevada, New York)
• Silurian of Argentina (3), Australia (9), Belarus (3), Canada (135: Manitoba, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon, Yukon Territory), China (19), the Czech Republic (8), Estonia (49), Iran (1), Ireland (1), Kazakhstan (2), Latvia (2), Lithuania (19), Mexico (6), Norway (11), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (18), Spain (1), Sweden (27), Ukraine (8), the United Kingdom (64), United States (96: California, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin), Venezuela (3)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Belgium (2), Canada (41: Quebec, Québec), China (21), the Czech Republic (4), Estonia (4), Kazakhstan (8), Latvia (2), Lithuania (1), Myanmar (1), Norway (3), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (11), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (12), United States (3: Missouri)
• Llandeilo of the United Kingdom (3)
• Whiterockian of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 750 collections including 785 occurrences