Strophomenata - Productida - Rugosochonetidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 2004. Permian and Triassic stratigraphy and fossils of the Himalaya in northern Nepal. Earthwise 6:1-259
Parent taxon: Plicochonetinae according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004
Sister taxa: Plicochonetini, Prorugaria
Subtaxa: Rugaria Sulcirugaria Waagenites Waterhouseiella
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (5 collections)
• Permian to Triassic of China (1)
• Permian of Afghanistan (3), Armenia (8), Australia (80), Azerbaijan (6), Bolivia (15), Canada (6: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), China (269), Greece (1), Guatemala (1), Hong Kong (2), India (2), Indonesia (3), Iran (15), Japan (14), Laos (1), Malaysia (8), Mexico (2), Myanmar (3), Nepal (14), New Zealand (4), Oman (16), Pakistan (73), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (14), Slovenia (1), South Korea (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (23), Türkiye (3), Ukraine (20), the United Kingdom (3), United States (110: Alaska, Kansas, Nevada, Texas, Utah)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (16: California, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (2), Bolivia (6), China (1), Malaysia (1), the Russian Federation (5), Ukraine (1), United States (280: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah)
Total: 1044 collections including 1249 occurrences