Bivalvia - Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Parent taxon: Ostreida according to M. Aberhan 2010
See also Cooper 2002
Sister taxa: Malleidina, Myodakryotidae, Ostreidina, Pectinina
Subtaxa: Actinostreon
Type: Palaeolophinae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (2 collections)
• Jurassic of Chile (117), China (11), Eritrea (7), Ethiopia (23), France (57), Germany (5), India (66), Iran (3), Italy (2), Japan (2), Jordan (3), Kenya (14), Madagascar (19), Mexico (1), Poland (8), Portugal (22), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (51), Somalia (7), Spain (24), Switzerland (5), Tanzania (2), Tunisia (54), the United Kingdom (31), Yemen (23)
• Triassic of Austria (6), Canada (1: British Columbia), Italy (1), Mexico (1)
Total: 569 collections including 677 occurrences