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 Glyptarca Parallelodon
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (5 collections), the Russian Federation (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (17: California, Colorado)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (1), Argentina (25), Canada (3: British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (38), China (1), Ethiopia (2), France (49), Germany (32), Greenland (26), Italy (5), Japan (8), 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), Turkey (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 (31), 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 (27), 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), Turkey (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), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (1), Ireland (4), Mexico (3), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (16), United States (64: 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)
• Dobrotivian of France (1), Portugal (8), Spain (3)
• Arenig of France (1)
• Ordovician of Bolivia (1), China (3), Ireland (1), Spain (4), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 865 collections including 993 occurrences