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
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), Italy (2), Japan (4), the Netherlands (2), Spain (2)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of Cuba (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Alaska)
• Miocene of Australia (3), Cuba (5), 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 (46: Alabama, California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Denmark (20), Egypt (2), France (1), the Netherlands (1), United States (7: Alabama, California, Georgia)
• Paleogene of Antarctica (1)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (8), Australia (20), Belgium (38), Bulgaria (1), China (1), Cuba (6), Czechia (56), Denmark (9), France (51), Germany (13), Indonesia (4), Italy (2), Japan (1), Kazakhstan (2), the Netherlands (10), New Zealand (2), Poland (19), Portugal (1), Romania (1), Spain (1), Sweden (2), Switzerland (11), Tajikistan (2), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (4), the United Kingdom (86), United States (25: Alabama, Delaware, Mississippi, Texas)
• Heterian of New Zealand (1)
• Temaikan of New Zealand (1)
• Jurassic of France (4), Georgia (1), Germany (4), Greece (1), India (2), Indonesia (1), New Zealand (21), Poland (2), Portugal (10), Romania (3), Switzerland (5), Ukraine (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 785 collections including 1149 occurrences