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, Gryphinae, Indothyris, Kossmatithyris, Liothyrina, Loboidothyrinae, Lobothyrinae, Plicatoriinae, Pseudogibbithyris, Seymourinae, Stoliczkathyris, Terebratulinae
Subtaxa: Dolichozygus Tichosina Zygonaria
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Barbados (3 collections), Jamaica (3), Japan (4)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (4)
• Miocene of Cuba (3), Jamaica (1)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (1)
• Eocene of Cuba (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Paleogene of Antarctica (4)
Total: 25 collections including 26 occurrences