Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Full reference: L. Angiolini and L. Carabelli. 2010. Upper Permian brachiopods from the Nesen Formation, north Iran. Special Papers in Palaeontology 84:41-90
Parent taxon: Athyrididae according to L. Angiolini and L. Carabelli 2010
Sister taxa: Athyridinae, Athyris naliensis, Athyrisininae, Baliqliqia, Cleiothyridininae, Comelicaniinae, Didymothyridinae, Helenathyridinae, Janicepsinae, Kintathyris, Lochengiinae, Mayangella, Pachyplaxoides, Plicathyridinae, Pradoiinae, Protathyridinae, Spirigerellinae, Tarimathyris, Xenosariinae
Subtaxa: Juxathyris Transcaucasathyris
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection)
• Permian of Armenia (18), Azerbaijan (31), China (138), Greece (1), Iran (72), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (1), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (3)
Total: 267 collections including 331 occurrences