†family Rhynchotetradidae Licharew 1956 (rhynchonellid brachiopod)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotetradidae
Parent taxon: Rhynchotetradoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Austrirhynchidae, Prionorhynchiidae, Tetracameridae
Subtaxa: Axiodeaneiinae Rhynchotetradinae
Type: Rhynchotetra
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Pakistan (3 collections), Slovenia (1)
• Carboniferous of Canada (8: Alberta), China (1), Czechia (1), India (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (12: Illinois, Iowa, Iowa/Illinois, Missouri, Montana)
• Devonian of United States (10: Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, New York)
Total: 38 collections including 44 occurrences