Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Full reference: E. S. Tchorzhevsky. 1974. New data on inner shell structure and systematics of Jurassic terebratulid brachiopods from Superfamily Terebratuloidea Gray, 1840 and Loboidothyridoidea Makridin, 1964. Bulletin of the Kharkov University 5(108):42-57
Parent taxon: Loboidothyridoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Alabushevothyrididae, Boreiothyrididae, Cheirothyropsidae, Cheniothyrididae, Clathrithyrididae, Dictyothyrididae, Dienopidae, Eplenyithyris, Goniothyridinae, Harpotothyrididae, Hesperithyrididae, Heterobrochinae, Jaisalmeria, Kendzhilgithyris, Lissajousithyrididae, Loboidothyrididae, Lobothyrididae, Lobothyroides, Magharithyris, Mametothyrididae, Muirwoodellidae, Naradanithyris, Neumayrithyris, Pamirothyris, Peristerothyris, Plectoconchidae, Psebajithyridinae, Rugithyris, Sogxianthyris, Spasskothyrididae, Taurothyris, Tchegemithyrididae, Tegulithyrididae, Triadithyrididae, Trichothyris, Trigonithyrididae, Tshemsarythyris, Viallithyris, Weldonithyris
Subtaxa: Arceythyris Caryona Conarothyris Crispithyris Epithyris Euidothyris Ferrythyris Galliennithyris Gigantothyris Glyphisaria Habrobrochus Heimia Holcothyris Juralina Kutchithyris Maritimithyris Millythyris Moeschia Peculneithyris Perrierithyris Petalothyris Plectoidothyris Postepithyris Pseudoaulacothyris Somalithyris Thadiqithyris Xestosina
Type: Postepithyris
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Morocco (8), the Russian Federation (1)
• Heterian of New Zealand (2)
• Jurassic of Algeria (2), Austria (1), Bulgaria (4), Canada (1: British Columbia), Chile (1), China (21), Egypt (1), Eritrea (4), Ethiopia (13), France (131), Germany (8), Hungary (1), India (55), Iran (1), Israel (3), Italy (7), Jordan (1), Kenya (3), Madagascar (15), Mexico (1), Myanmar (18), New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (62), Poland (4), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (27), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Somalia (8), Spain (2), Switzerland (12), Tunisia (8), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (30), United States (1: California), Vietnam (1), Yemen (6)
• Triassic of Laos (1)
Total: 475 collections including 745 occurrences