Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spondylospiridae
Full reference: P. R. Hoover. 1991. Late Triassic cyrtinoid spiriferinacean brachiopods from western North America and their biostratigraphic and biogeographic implications. Bulletins of American Paleontology 100(337):63-109
Parent taxon: Spondylospiridae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxon: Dagyspiriferinae
Subtaxa: Phenacozugmayerella Spondylospira Vitimetula Yanospira Zugmayerella
Type: Spondylospira
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Argentina (2 collections), Australia (1), Austria (45), Canada (2: Yukon), China (3), Germany (4), Italy (1), Mexico (1), New Caledonia (5), New Zealand (17), Papua New Guinea (2), Peru (26), the Russian Federation (20), Slovakia (2), Tajikistan (3), Turkey (1), United States (57: Alaska, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 192 collections including 225 occurrences