Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Full reference: F.G. Stehli. 1954. Lower Leonardian Brachiopoda of the Sierra Diablo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 105(3):257-358
Parent taxon: Orthotetoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Shen et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Meekellidae, Orthotetellidae, Orthotetidae, Pulsiidae, Schuchertellidae
Subtaxa: Derbyia Diplanus Dorsoscyphus Nothopindax Streptopomum
Type: Derbyia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection), India (1)
• Permian to Triassic of India (2)
• Permian of Afghanistan (3), Australia (5), Bolivia (12), Canada (5: Nunavut, Yukon), China (129), Croatia (1), Greece (11), Greenland (4), Guatemala (1), India (3), Iran (2), Japan (19), Malaysia (12), Mexico (8), Myanmar (2), Oman (33), Pakistan (187), Peru (5), the Russian Federation (19), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Tajikistan (3), Thailand (20), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (483: Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Venezuela (7), Vietnam (1)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (11: California, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Belize (5), Bolivia (5), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (1), India (6), Iran (1), Italy (1), South Korea (2), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (394: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Devonian to Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 1418 collections including 1832 occurrences