Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dictyothyrididae
Full reference: V. P. Makridin. 1964. Brakhiopody Yurskikh Otlozheniy Russkoy Platformy i Nekotorykh Prilezhashchikh k Ney Oblastey 1-390
Parent taxon: Loboidothyridoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Alabushevothyrididae, Boreiothyrididae, Cheirothyropsidae, Cheniothyrididae, Clathrithyrididae, Dienopidae, Eplenyithyris, Goniothyridinae, Harpotothyrididae, Hesperithyrididae, Heterobrochinae, Jaisalmeria, Kendzhilgithyris, Lissajousithyrididae, Loboidothyrididae, Lobothyrididae, Lobothyroides, Magharithyris, Mametothyrididae, Muirwoodellidae, Naradanithyris, Neumayrithyris, Pamirothyris, Peristerothyris, Plectoconchidae, Postepithyrididae, Psebajithyridinae, Rugithyris, Sogxianthyris, Spasskothyrididae, Taurothyris, Tchegemithyrididae, Tegulithyrididae, Triadithyrididae, Trichothyris, Trigonithyrididae, Tshemsarythyris, Viallithyris, Weldonithyris
Subtaxa: none
Type: Dictyothyris
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (13 collections)
• Jurassic of Algeria (1), France (29), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Italy (4), Romania (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (4), Ukraine (8), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 66 collections including 76 occurrences