Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida
Parent taxon: Rhynchonellida according to C. C. Emig et al. 2013
See also Williams et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Ancistrorhynchoidea, Antistrixia, Apodosiidae, Areella, Asiarhynchia, Atlanticocoelia, Barzellinia, Basilioloidea, Beichuanrhynchus, Borealirhynchia, Camarotoechioidea, Camarotoechioides, Cardinirhynchiidae, Corrugatimediorostrum, Cyclothyridae, 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: Cryptoporidae Dimerellidae Halorellidae Peregrinellidae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Fiji (2 collections)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), Bulgaria (1), Cuba (3), Czechia (2), Germany (9), Italy (7), Poland (4)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Cuba (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (13)
• Cretaceous of China (3), France (1), Italy (4), Poland (11), United States (5: Alaska, California)
• Jurassic of Hungary (3), Italy (3), the Russian Federation (2), Switzerland (3), United States (3: California)
• Triassic of Austria (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (8), Hungary (3), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (4), the Russian Federation (4), Serbia (1), Slovakia (1), Tajikistan (7), Türkiye (3), United States (2: Alaska, Oregon)
• Permian of India (1), Pakistan (5)
• Carboniferous of Germany (2)
• Devonian of China (1)
Total: 129 collections including 151 occurrences