Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parent taxon: Parallelodontidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Anelli et al. 2006, Scholz et al. 2008 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Alytodonta, Bapristodia, Cosmetodon, Cucullaria, Cucullopsis, Grammatodontinae, Kamenevus, Macrodontella, Pleurogrammatodon, Porterius, Spitionella
Subtaxa: Carbonarca Curvirostrum Parallelodon
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (1 collection), the Russian Federation (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (17: California, Colorado)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (1), Argentina (26), Canada (3: British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (38), China (1), Ethiopia (2), France (49), Germany (32), Greenland (26), Italy (5), Japan (5), Mexico (2), Poland (1), Portugal (4), Saudi Arabia (30), Somalia (1), Spain (68), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (4), Thailand (1), Tunisia (14), Türkiye (3), the United Kingdom (28), United States (3: Alaska, Oregon), Yemen (3)
• Triassic of Austria (8), Bosnia and Herzegovina (3), Canada (2: British Columbia), Chile (2), China (15), Germany (7), Hungary (13), Indonesia (3), Iran (6), Israel (1), Italy (32), Japan (4), New Caledonia (2), New Zealand (3), Peru (3), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (4), Slovakia (2), Slovenia (1), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (8: Alaska, Nevada, Oregon, Utah)
• Permian of Afghanistan (1), Australia (43), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (24), Germany (1), Greenland (1), India (5), Indonesia (2), Italy (2), Japan (5), Lithuania (2), Malaysia (1), New Zealand (3), Pakistan (9), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (11), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Tunisia (5), Türkiye (1), the United Kingdom (44), United States (17: Alaska, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (2), Australia (1), Belize (2), Brazil (3), Chile (1), China (2), Czechia (1), Germany (1), Ireland (4), Mexico (3), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (16), United States (67: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, West Virginia)
• Devonian of Australia (1), China (3), Germany (3), Poland (2), United States (33: Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvannia)
• Arenig of France (1)
• Ordovician of Bolivia (1)
Total: 834 collections including 957 occurrences