Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Centronellidae
Parent taxon: Stringocephaloidea according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Boucot et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Guangshunia, Meganterididae, Rhipidothyrididae, Stringocephalidae
Subtaxa: Amphigeniinae Centronellinae Eurythyridinae Rensselaeriinae
Type: Centronella
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta collection)
• Devonian of Bolivia (10), Brazil (3), Canada (12: New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec), Colombia (2), Germany (1), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (6), United States (50: Alaska, Indiana, Maine, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania), Venezuela (2)
• Silurian to Devonian of United States (1: Oklahoma)
Total: 90 collections including 113 occurrences