Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida
Parent taxon: Rhynchonellida according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Savage and Goodwin 1998
Sister taxa: Ancistrorhynchoidea, Antistrixia, Apodosiidae, Areella, Asiarhynchia, Atlanticocoelia, Barzellinia, Basilioloidea, Beichuanrhynchus, Borealirhynchia, Camarotoechioidea, Camarotoechioides, Cardinirhynchiidae, Corrugatimediorostrum, Cyclothyridae, Dimerelloidea, Donella, Dorsisinus, Hemithiridoidea, Hypoleiorhynchus, Isjuminelina, Jacoburbirostridae, Lambdarinoidea, Langkawia, Laosia, Latirhynchia, Leiorhynchoides, Linxiangxiella, Miaohuangrhynchus, Mongolirhynchia, Neimongolella, Norelloidea, Omolonorhynchia, Paratetratomia, Paryphorhynchopora, Payuella, Perakia, Platyglossariorhynchus, Plekonina, Pompoecilorhynchus, Praecyclothyrididae, Protorhyncha, Pseudonudirostra, Pseudopugnax, Pugnacoidea, Rhynchonella guadalupae, Rhynchonella mundula, Rhynchonelloidea, Rhynchonelloidea, Rhynchoporoidea, Rhynchotrematoidea, Rhynchotretaoides, Rhynchotretina, Sacothyropsis, Salairotoechia, Sichuanrhynchus, Stenoscismatidina, Straelenia, Tanerhynchia, Tatjamoa, Togaella, Uncinuloidea, Uralotoechia, Wellerelloidea, Wulungguia, Yanbianella, Yarirhynchia, Yunshanella
Subtaxa: Austrirhynchidae Prionorhynchiidae Rhynchotetradidae Tetracameridae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mozambique (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1), Algeria (3), Austria (29), Bulgaria (2), Chile (1), France (67), Georgia (2), Germany (5), Greece (1), Hungary (58), India (2), Italy (4), Myanmar (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (5), Saudi Arabia (8), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (5), Spain (9), Switzerland (3), Tunisia (2), Turkey (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (16)
• Triassic of Australia (1), Austria (37), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), China (3), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (2), Hungary (21), Indonesia (1), Italy (19), Poland (6), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (3), Serbia and Montenegro (10), Slovakia (7), Turkey (2)
• Permian of Pakistan (3), Slovenia (1)
• Carboniferous of Australia (4), Canada (10: Alberta), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), India (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (24: Arkansas, California, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa/Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Texas, Virginia)
• Devonian of United States (10: Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, New York)
Total: 405 collections including 514 occurrences