Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cnismatocentridae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1973. Fossil and recent Cancellothyridacea (Brachiopoda). Tohoku University, Science Reports, 2nd Series (Geology), Special Volume 6:371-390
Parent taxon: Cancellothyridoidea according to C. C. Emig et al. 2013
See also Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Cancellothyrididae, Chlidonophoridae, Inopinatarculidae, Pseudokingena
Subtaxa: Arcuatothyridinae Cnismatocentridae parvum Cnismatocentridae sakhalinensis Cnismatocentrum
Type: Cnismatocentrum
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Czechia (2 collections), France (7), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Switzerland (7), Tajikistan (2), Turkmenistan (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence