Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida
Parent taxon: Rhynchonellida according to A. Williams et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Ancistrorhynchoidea, Antistrixia, Apodosiidae, Areella, Asiarhynchia, Atlanticocoelia, Barzellinia, Basilioloidea, Beichuanrhynchus, Borealirhynchia, Camarotoechioides, Cardinirhynchiidae, Corrugatimediorostrum, Cyclothyridae, Dimerelloidea, Donella, Dorsisinus, Hemithiridoidea, Hypoleiorhynchus, Isjuminelina, Jacoburbirostridae, Lambdarinoidea, Langkawia, Laosia, Latirhynchia, Leiorhynchoides, Linxiangxiella, Miaohuangrhynchus, Mongolirhynchia, Neimongolella, Norelloidea, Omolonorhynchia, Paratetratomia, Paryphorhynchopora, Payuella, Perakia, Platyglossariorhynchus, Plekonina, Pompoecilorhynchus, Praecyclothyrididae, Protorhyncha, Pseudonudirostra, Pseudopugnax, Pugnacoidea, Rhynchonella guadalupae, Rhynchonella mundula, Rhynchonelloidea, Rhynchonelloidea, Rhynchoporoidea, Rhynchotetradoidea, Rhynchotrematoidea, Rhynchotretaoides, Rhynchotretina, Sacothyropsis, Salairotoechia, Sichuanrhynchus, Stenoscismatidina, Straelenia, Tanerhynchia, Tatjamoa, Togaella, Uncinuloidea, Uralotoechia, Wellerelloidea, Wulungguia, Yanbianella, Yarirhynchia, Yunshanella
Subtaxa: Leiorhynchidae Septalariidae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (3: Yukon collections), Mexico (3), the Russian Federation (2), United States (9: Idaho, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (2), Australia (1), the Czech Republic (3), Iran (3), Peru (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (25: Alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (6), Australia (7), Canada (35: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Northwest Territories and Yukon, Nunavut, Ontario, Yukon), China (16), Colombia (1), the Czech Republic (20), France (1), Germany (3), Iran (6), Italy (4), Libya (10), Morocco (1), Myanmar (2), Poland (8), the Russian Federation (9), United States (555: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia), Vietnam (1)
• Silurian of Canada (2: Quebec, Québec), the Czech Republic (3), Spain (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 749 collections including 815 occurrences