Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
Parent taxon: Pennospiriferinoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Shen et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Balatonospiridae, Lepismatinidae, Pennospiriferinidae, Punctospiriferidae, Reticulariinidae, Sarganostegidae, Spiriferellinidae, Spiropunctiferidae
Subtaxa: Callispirina Lamniplica Paraspiriferina Yaonoiella Zaissania
Type: Paraspiriferina
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (2: British Columbia, Nunavut collections), China (62), Greece (2), Greenland (14), India (2), Indonesia (1), Italy (2), Japan (4), Laos (1), Malaysia (5), Mexico (1), Myanmar (4), Nepal (10), North Atlantic (1), Oman (10), Pakistan (72), the Russian Federation (4), Tajikistan (2), Thailand (23), Türkiye (2), the United Kingdom (10), United States (145: New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming), Vietnam (1)
• Carboniferous of China (1), the Russian Federation (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
Total: 383 collections including 444 occurrences