†family Rhipidiothyrididae Cloud 1942 (lamp shell)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Rhipidiothyrididae
Parent taxon: Stringocephaloidea according to A. Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Centronellidae, Guangshunia, Meganterididae, Stringocephalidae
Subtaxa: Globithyridinae Rhenorensselaerinae Rhipidiothyridinae
Type: Rhipidothyris
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), Belgium (1), Bolivia (1), Brazil (1), Canada (2: Ontario), China (2), the Czech Republic (1), France (2), Germany (5), Libya (12), Luxembourg (1), Morocco (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (30: Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma)
Total: 62 collections including 66 occurrences