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:
• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1 collection), Algeria (3), Austria (29), Bulgaria (2), Chile (1), France (68), Georgia (2), Germany (5), Greece (1), Hungary (58), India (2), Italy (4), Montenegro (1), Myanmar (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (5), Saudi Arabia (8), Serbia (1), Slovakia (5), Spain (11), Switzerland (3), Tunisia (2), Türkiye (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (16)
• Triassic of Austria (37), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), China (3), Czechia (1), Germany (2), Hungary (21), Indian Ocean (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (19), Montenegro (3), Poland (6), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (3), Serbia (7), Slovakia (7), Türkiye (2)
• Permian of Pakistan (3), Slovenia (1)
• Carboniferous of Australia (4), Canada (10: Alberta), China (1), Czechia (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: 408 collections including 517 occurrences