Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Chlidonophoridae
Parent taxon: Chlidonophoridae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Cooper 1973
Sister taxa: Agulhasiinae, Draciinae, Eucalathinae, Orthothyridinae
Subtaxa: Chlidonophora Deslongchampsithyris Disculina Gisilina Meonia Prochlidonophora Rugia
Type: Chlidonophora
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Austria (4 collections)
• Paleocene of Denmark (16)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (8), Australia (10), Belgium (26), Cuba (1), Czechia (1), Denmark (9), France (23), Indonesia (4), Kazakhstan (1), the Netherlands (2), Poland (13), the United Kingdom (29)
• Jurassic of France (3), Georgia (1), New Zealand (2), Ukraine (1)
Total: 154 collections including 206 occurrences