Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Full reference: F. Alvarez, J. Y. Rong, and A. J. Boucot. 1998. The classification of athyridid brachiopods. Journal of Paleontology 72:827-855
Parent taxon: Athyrididae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Alvarez et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Athyridinae, Athyris naliensis, Athyrisininae, Baliqliqia, Comelicaniinae, Didymothyridinae, Helenathyridinae, Janicepsinae, Kintathyris, Lochengiinae, Mayangella, Pachyplaxoides, Plicathyridinae, Pradoiinae, Protathyridinae, Spirigerellinae, Tarimathyris, Transcaucasathyriinae, Xenosariinae
Subtaxa: Bajtugania Carteridina Cleiothyridina Crinisarina Deltachania Himathyris Leiothycridina Pinegathyris Rawdonia
Type: Cleiothyridina
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (65 collections), Azerbaijan (1), Canada (8: British Columbia, Nunavut), Chile (2), China (77), Greece (5), Greenland (17), India (17), Indonesia (7), Iran (6), Japan (6), Laos (1), Madagascar (1), Malaysia (1), Mexico (1), Mongolia (7), Myanmar (2), Nepal (46), New Zealand (3), Oman (7), Pakistan (293), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (119), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (25), Tajikistan (4), Thailand (24), Timor-Leste (1), Tunisia (3), Türkiye (2), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (12), United States (88: Alaska, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah), Venezuela (1)
• Carboniferous of Australia (49), Belgium (1), Bolivia (2), Brazil (1), Canada (43: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Yukon), China (7), Egypt (1), India (1), Iran (1), Ireland (3), Libya (1), Mexico (2), Peru (2), South Korea (3), the United Kingdom (40), United States (321: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming)
• Devonian to Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (1), Armenia (3), Belgium (7), Canada (6: Alberta, British Columbia), China (4), Germany (6), Poland (6), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (42: Alaska, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico)
Total: 1413 collections including 1878 occurrences