Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Tetralobulidae
Parent taxon: Tetralobulidae according to J. Hansen and L. E. Holmer 2011
See also Williams et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Syntrophopsinae, Tetralobula, Tetralobulinae
Subtaxa: Cuparius Pseudoporambonites Punctolira Rugostrophia
Type: Punctolira
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (5: Nevada collections)
• Fennian of Canada (1: New Brunswick)
• Dawan of China (1)
• Arenig of Argentina (2), Canada (1: New Brunswick), China (13), the United Kingdom (1)
• Arenigian of Argentina (2)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Newfoundland), China (12), Ireland (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (4: Montana, Nevada)
• Tremadoc of China (6), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 54 collections each including a single occurrence