Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Choristitidae
Synonym: Anelasmina Semikhatova 1939
Parent taxon: Angiospiriferinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Waterhouse 2004
Sister taxa: Angiospirifer, Angiospiriferini, Elinoria, Eobrachythyrina, Georginakingiini, Prochoristitella, Quizhouspirifer
Subtaxa: Brachythyrina abnormalis Brachythyrina arctica Brachythyrina boonlomi Brachythyrina byrangi Brachythyrina gobbetti Brachythyrina jakovlevi Brachythyrina lata Brachythyrina peregrina Brachythyrina rectangula Brachythyrina sibirica Brachythyrina strangwaysi Brachythyrina tricostata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Austria (1 collection), Canada (1: Yukon), China (11), Japan (2), Laos (1), Malaysia (1), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (6), Slovenia (1), Thailand (2)
• Carboniferous of Canada (2: Nunavut, Yukon), China (6), Egypt (2), India (2), Malaysia (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), United States (3: Alaska, Wyoming)
Total: 45 collections including 49 occurrences
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