Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Parent taxon: Tetrarhynchiidae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Atrops and Alméras 2005
Sister taxa: Cretirhynchiinae, Gibbirhynchiinae, Isjuminellinae, Kallirhynchiinae, Viarhynchiinae, Multicorhynchia
Subtaxa: Baeorhynchia Belbekella Cymatorhynchia Daghanirhynchia Deltarhynchia Druganirhynchia Echyrosia Eoseptaliphoria Goniorhynchia Grandirhynchia Korjakirhynchia Orlovirhynchia Pontaltorhynchia Pycnoria Quadratirhynchia Robustirhynchia Somalirhynchia Talexirhynchia Tetrarhynchia Triasorhynchia
Type: Tetrarhynchia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (1), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (6), Serbia (1), Switzerland (11), Turkmenistan (2), Ukraine (2)
• Jurassic of Algeria (1), Argentina (1), Austria (3), Bulgaria (8), Canada (1: Alberta), Chile (121), Egypt (4), Eritrea (4), Ethiopia (32), France (187), Germany (8), Gibraltar (2), Greenland (35), India (9), Iran (1), Israel (6), Italy (4), Jordan (43), Kenya (7), Morocco (4), New Zealand (6), Portugal (17), the Russian Federation (10), Saudi Arabia (131), Serbia (5), Slovakia (5), Somalia (25), Spain (191), Switzerland (7), Tunisia (31), Türkiye (2), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (74), Uzbekistan (1), Yemen (25)
• Triassic of China (9)
Total: 1049 collections including 1314 occurrences