Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Lepismatinidae
Full reference: G. R. Xu and G. C. Liu. 1983. Systematic Description: Brachiopods. Triassic of the southern Qilian Mountains 84-128
Parent taxon: Pennospiriferinoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Balatonospiridae, Paraspiriferinidae, Pennospiriferinidae, Punctospiriferidae, Reticulariinidae, Sarganostegidae, Spiriferellinidae, Spiropunctiferidae
Subtaxa: Dispiriferininae Lepismatininae Pseudocyrtininae
Type: Lepismatina
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Austria (1 collection), Bulgaria (2), France (3), Hungary (7), Italy (1), Spain (7), Turkey (1)
• Triassic of Argentina (1), Bulgaria (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (45), East Timor (1), Hungary (6), India (1), New Caledonia (4), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (36), United States (6: Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Wyoming), Yemen (4)
Total: 129 collections including 136 occurrences