Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Parent taxon: Elythidae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Anomaloriinae, Elythinae, Martinothyridinae, Squamularia, Toryniferinae
Subtaxa: Astegosia Bajkuria Bullarina Nebenothyris Permophricodothyris Phricodothyris Spirifer guadalupensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (3 collections), Armenia (9), Australia (4), Azerbaijan (18), Bolivia (26), Cambodia (2), Canada (6: British Columbia, Nunavut), China (231), Croatia (2), East Timor (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (64), Italy (9), Japan (14), Laos (1), Malaysia (7), Myanmar (4), Nepal (8), New Zealand (1), Oman (3), Pakistan (67), Peru (4), the Russian Federation (19), Slovenia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (11), Tunisia (26), Turkey (6), Ukraine (4), United States (287: Alaska, Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Venezuela (3)
• Carboniferous to Permian of China (1)
• Carboniferous of Australia (2), Bolivia (4), Brazil (1), Canada (4: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), China (3), Ireland (3), Libya (1), Malaysia (1), Peru (1), South Korea (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (21), United States (157: Alaska, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah)
Total: 1046 collections including 1259 occurrences