Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Synonym: Sunacosarina Liang 1990
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1969. New Permian brachiopods from west Texas. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 1:1-20
Parent taxon: Schizophoriidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Campi et al. 2005 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aulacophoria, Enteletoides, Kotlaia, Neoschizophoria, Orthotichia, Palaeoschizophoria, Schizophoria
Subtaxa: Acosarina antesulcata Acosarina baylorensis Acosarina circular Acosarina dorashamensis Acosarina dunbari Acosarina fecunda Acosarina grandis Acosarina incisiva Acosarina janiceps Acosarina juresanensis Acosarina mesoplatys Acosarina minuta Acosarina monocosta Acosarina peculiaris Acosarina rectimarginata Acosarina regularis Acosarina tumita
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (2 collections)
• Permian to Triassic of China (1)
• Permian of Afghanistan (3), Armenia (2), Azerbaijan (10), China (225), Iran (13), Japan (5), Malaysia (3), Mexico (1), Myanmar (2), Oman (1), Pakistan (37), Thailand (4), Ukraine (2), United States (172: Nevada, Texas), Venezuela (1), Vietnam (1)
• Carboniferous of China (1), United States (2: Texas)
Total: 488 collections including 512 occurrences
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