Strophomenata - Productida - Rugosochonetidae
Full reference: H. M. Muir-Wood. 1962. On the morphology and classification of the brachiopod Suborder Chonetoidea 1-132
Parent taxon: Rugosochonetidae according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004
See also Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Capillomesolobinae, Chonetinellinae, Delepineinae, Lamellosiinae, Plicochonetinae, Quinquenellinae, Riosanetinae, Striochonetinae, Svalbardiinae, Undulellinae
Subtaxa: Alatochonetes Arctochonetes Chaohochonetes Chonetinella Fusichonetes Isochonetes Jakutochonetes Kanokurachonetes Komukia Linshuichonetes Nisalarinia Paramesolobus Pygmochonetes Rugosochonetes Schistochonetes Sokolskya
Type: Rugosochonetes
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (18 collections)
• Permian to Triassic of China (2)
• Permian of Australia (2), Bolivia (10), China (294), Greenland (10), Hong Kong (1), India (2), Indonesia (3), Japan (8), Malaysia (1), Mexico (2), Mongolia (3), Myanmar (6), Nepal (19), Pakistan (7), the Russian Federation (43), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Thailand (6), United States (34: Alaska, California, Oregon, Texas), Vietnam (1)
• Carboniferous of Australia (45), Belgium (1), Bolivia (1), Canada (10: Alberta, Nunavut), China (8), Czechia (2), Egypt (5), Ireland (1), Italy (2), the Russian Federation (6), Slovenia (3), Spain (1), Ukraine (5), the United Kingdom (13), United States (197: Alaska, California, Idaho, Idaho-Utah, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa/Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah)
• Devonian of Belgium (2), France (2), Germany (11), United States (19: Ohio)
Total: 807 collections including 1043 occurrences