Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1975. New Permian and Triassic brachiopod taxa. Papers - Department of Geology, University of Queensland 7(1):1-23
Parent taxon: Pennospiriferinoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Chen and Shi 2006
Sister taxa: Balatonospiridae, Lepismatinidae, Paraspiriferinidae, Pennospiriferinidae, Reticulariinidae, Sarganostegidae, Spiriferellinidae, Spiropunctiferidae
Subtaxa: Alipunctifera Lamnaespina Liriplica Punctospirifer Pustulospiriferina Yangkongia Ziganella
Type: Punctospirifer
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (5 collections), New Zealand (17)
• Permian of Afghanistan (1), Australia (58), Bolivia (4), China (16), India (1), Mexico (1), Nepal (1), New Zealand (4), Oman (3), Pakistan (5), Peru (6), Slovenia (1), Thailand (1), United States (17: Kansas, Oregon, Texas)
• Namurian of Australia (3)
• Carboniferous to Permian of China (1), United States (6: California, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Australia (14), Brazil (1), Canada (20: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Yukon), China (8), Iran (2), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Mexico (3), Nepal (1), Peru (2), South Korea (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (344: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Idaho-Utah, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia)
• Devonian of China (1), Germany (13), United States (4: Montana, Ohio)
• Paleozoic of Chile (1)
Total: 574 collections including 587 occurrences