Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Parent taxon: Delthyridoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Savage et al. 1978
Sister taxa: Acrospiriferidae, Cyrtinopsidae, Delthyrididae, Filispiriferidae, Hysterolitidae
Subtaxa: Mucrospiriferinae Tylothyridinae
Type: Mucrospirifer
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Australia (16 collections), Canada (1: Alberta), China (6), Germany (3), Ireland (1), Libya (2), Mexico (2), the United Kingdom (9), United States (33: Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Texas)
• Givetian of United States (1: Missouri)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (2), Belgium (1), Brazil (8), Canada (40: Alberta, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Mackenzie, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario), China (6), Colombia (26), France (10), Germany (23), Iran (7), Libya (8), Mauritania (3), Poland (11), the Russian Federation (7), Spain (4), United States (863: Alaska, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin), Venezuela (4), Vietnam (1)
Total: 1098 collections including 1269 occurrences