Superfamily Cancellothyridoidea Thomson 1926 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida

Parent taxon: Terebratulidina according to M. A. Bitner and A. Müller 2017

See also Emig et al. 2013, Kaim et al. 2010 and Williams et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Compositelasmatoidea, Cryptonelloidea, Dielasmatoidea, Dyscolioidea, Falciferula, Goliathyris, Loboidothyridoidea, Mayaothyris, Orthotomidae, Pseudorhaetina, Stringocephaloidea, Terebratuloidea, Vex, Zenobiathyridae, Zenobiathyris

Subtaxa: Cancellothyrididae Chlidonophoridae Cnismatocentridae Inopinatarculidae Pseudokingena

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Barbados (2), Greece (2), Italy (14), Jamaica (6), Japan (43), United States (2: California, Oregon), Vanuatu (10)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Japan (1), Taiwan (1)

• Pliocene of Algeria (3), the Dominican Republic (2), Fiji (3), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Italy (2), Japan (4), the Netherlands (2), Spain (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Alaska)

• Miocene of Australia (3), Cuba (6), Greenland (2), Hungary (1), Italy (3), Jamaica (1), Japan (16), New Zealand (6), Poland (3), Slovenia (1), South Africa (5), Spain (1)

• Oligocene of Australia (1), France (3), Germany (5), New Zealand (6)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Germany (1)

• Eocene of Antarctica (2), Australia (17), Austria (27), Cuba (4), Egypt (2), Hungary (12), Italy (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (13), Poland (3), Romania (1), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (1), Spain (6), Switzerland (2), Tanzania (1), Tonga (1), Ukraine (1), the United Arab Emirates (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (45: Alabama, California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington)

• Paleogene of Antarctica (1)

• Paleocene of Austria (1), Denmark (20), Egypt (2), France (1), the Netherlands (1), United States (6: Alabama, California, Georgia)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (8), Australia (20), Belgium (39), Bulgaria (1), China (1), Cuba (6), the Czech Republic (56), Denmark (9), France (51), Germany (13), Iran (1), Italy (2), Japan (1), Kazakhstan (2), Madagascar (1), the Netherlands (9), New Zealand (2), Poland (17), Portugal (1), Romania (1), Spain (1), Sweden (2), Switzerland (11), Tajikistan (2), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (86), United States (23: Alabama, Delaware, Mississippi, Texas)

• Jurassic of France (4), Georgia (1), Germany (4), Greece (1), India (2), New Zealand (23), Poland (2), Portugal (10), Romania (3), Switzerland (5), Ukraine (1), United States (1: California)

Total: 776 collections including 1140 occurrences

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