Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae
Alternative spelling: Amphissitinae
Parent taxon: Kirkbyoidea according to G. Tanaka 2018
See also Benson et al. 1961, Crasquin-Soleau 1997, Liebau 2005 and Sohn 1954
Sister taxa: Amphissellidae, Arcyzonidae, Cardiniferellidae, Iranokirkbya, Kellettinidae, Kirkbyidae, Knightinidae, Placideidae, Parvikirkbyiidae
Subtaxa: Amphissites Doricranos Glyptopleura Kegelites Kullmannissites Neoamphissites Neochilina Parahollinella Permokegelites Polytylites Pseudokegelites
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (1: Colorado collection)
• Permian of Australia (8), Austria (1), Azerbaijan (6), Canada (5: British Columbia), China (35), Greece (1), Guatemala (2), Hungary (2), Iran (11), Israel (5), Italy (3), Japan (3), Lithuania (1), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Thailand (3), Turkey (2), United States (5: Kansas, Texas)
• Virgilian of United States (2: Nebraska, Texas)
• Desmoinesian of United States (15: Missouri, Oklahoma)
• Westphalian of Spain (1)
• Pennsylvanian of United States (6: Kentucky, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Chesterian of United States (4: Iowa, Wyoming)
• Osagean of United States (2: California, Illinois)
• Carboniferous of Canada (4: Alberta, Yukon), China (3), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (3), United States (26: Arkansas, California, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma)
• Devonian to Carboniferous of China (1)
• Devonian of China (2), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Germany (8), Poland (8), the Russian Federation (4), United States (1: Pennsylvania)
Total: 191 collections including 270 occurrences