Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Anopliidae
Parent taxon: Chonetoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Boucot et al. 2008, Isaacson and Dutro 1999, Jin and Chatterton 1997 and Shen et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Chonetidae, Chonostrophiidae, Daviesiellidae, Eodevonariidae, Rugosochonetidae, Strophochonetidae
Subtaxa: Airtoniinae Anopliinae Caenanopliinae Davoustica Holynetinae Klocinetes Semicaplinoplia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Permian of Australia (18), Canada (3: Yukon), China (9), India (2), Mongolia (2), Myanmar (4), Nepal (4), Pakistan (16), the Russian Federation (34), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (11), Tajikistan (5), Thailand (22), United States (2: Alaska, Oregon)
• Namurian of Australia (1), Thailand (1)
• Carboniferous to Permian of China (1)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (2), Australia (13), Canada (6: Alberta), China (1), the Czech Republic (2), Ghana (1), Ireland (3), Libya (12), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (8), United States (35: Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah)
• Givetian of France (10), the Russian Federation (1)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (2), Argentina (3), Australia (4), Brazil (2), China (1), the Czech Republic (15), France (28), Germany (11), Mauritania (4), Morocco (1), Myanmar (2), Poland (11), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (5), Thailand (1), United States (109: Maine, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia), Uzbekistan (1), Venezuela (1)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Québec)
• Ordovician of Ireland (1), Sweden (4), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 444 collections including 475 occurrences