Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Full reference: T. N. Smirnova. 2004. The Lower Kazanian (Upper Permian) terebratulid assemblage of the Family Beecheriidae fam. nov. (Brachiopoda) from the east of the Russian Platform. Paleontological Journal 38(2):166-171
Parent taxon: Dielasmatoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Adygellopsis, Angustothyrididae, Antzeilleridae, Athyrorhynchia, Dielasmatidae, Gillediidae, Heterelasminidae, Juvavellidae, Paradygella, Proanadyrella, Pseudodielasmatidae, Pseudoharttina, Pseudopygoides, Thyratryaria, Zugmayeriidae, Aulacothyroideidae
Subtaxa: Beecheria Calycelasma Hoskingia Sokelasma Tapetulasma
Type: Beecheria
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (41 collections), Bolivia (3), Canada (1: Nunavut), China (8), Croatia (1), India (7), Iran (3), Nepal (22), Pakistan (3), the Russian Federation (31), United States (25: Alaska, Kansas, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (2), Australia (1), Canada (14: Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut), China (3), India (1), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (86: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas)
• Devonian of United States (4: Montana)
Total: 259 collections including 278 occurrences