Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae
Parent taxon: Auriculispininae according to A. Williams et al. 2007
See also Waterhouse 2004
Sister taxa: Bocharella, Costatumulus, Liaozhuotingia, Lyoniini, Semilunataproductus
Subtaxa: Asperlinus Auriculispina Filiconcha Globiella Kolymaella Linoprotonia Liraria Magadania Magniplicatina Ovatia Papiliolinus Spitzbergenia Striapustula Teleoproductus Undaria Undellaria Vitiliproductus
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (3 collections)
• Permian of Afghanistan (1), Armenia (8), Australia (157), Azerbaijan (13), Cambodia (2), Canada (7: Northwest Territories, Yukon), China (180), Greece (2), India (2), Indonesia (2), Iran (24), Japan (6), Laos (1), Malaysia (5), Mongolia (6), Myanmar (1), New Zealand (7), Oman (6), Pakistan (72), the Russian Federation (76), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (20), Tajikistan (6), Thailand (6), United States (3: Texas)
• Carboniferous of Australia (1), Canada (27: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), China (4), France (1), India (1), Iran (4), Mexico (2), the United Kingdom (14), United States (98: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa/Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming)
Total: 768 collections including 921 occurrences