†family Prionorhynchiidae Williams et al. 2002 (rhynchonellid brachiopod)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Prionorhynchiidae

Full reference: A. Williams, C. H. C. Brunton, S. J. Carlson, F. Alvarez, R. B. Blodgett, A. J. Boucot, P. Copper, A. S. Dagys, R. E. Grant, Y.-G. Jin, D. I. MacKinnon, M. O. Mancenido, E. F. Owen, J.-Y. Rong, N. M. Savage and D.-L. Sun. 2002. Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology H(4):921-1688

Parent taxon: Rhynchotetradoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Austrirhynchidae, Rhynchotetradidae, Tetracameridae

Subtaxa: Amoenirhynchia Lokutella Prionorhynchia Sphenorhynchia

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Type: Prionorhynchia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1 collection), Algeria (3), Austria (29), Bulgaria (2), Chile (1), France (68), Georgia (2), Germany (5), Greece (1), Hungary (58), India (2), Italy (4), Montenegro (1), Myanmar (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (5), Saudi Arabia (8), Serbia (1), Slovakia (5), Spain (11), Switzerland (3), Tunisia (2), Türkiye (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (16)

• Triassic of Austria (2), Slovakia (2)

Total: 238 collections including 330 occurrences

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