Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1983. The Terebratulacea (Brachiopoda) Triassic to Recent: a study of the brachidia (loops). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 50:1-290
Parent taxon: Terebratulidae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Arapsothyris, Blandfordithyris, Cheirothyrinae, Dallithyridinae, Dictyothyrinae, Ebiscothyris, Gryphinae, Indothyris, Kossmatithyris, Liothyrina, Loboidothyrinae, Lobothyrinae, Pseudogibbithyris, Seymourellinae, Stoliczkathyris, Terebratulinae, Tichosininae
Subtaxa: Plicatoria Tanyoscapha
Type: Plicatoria
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (1 collection)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Eocene of United States (16: North Carolina, South Carolina)
Total: 18 collections including 21 occurrences