Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Parent taxon: Orthoidea according to M. Liljeroth et al. 2017
See also Howe 1988, Macomber 1970, Mitchell 1977, Popov et al. 2000, Potter 1990, Williams et al. 2000 and Zuykov et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Anomalorthidae, Archaeorthidae, Bajanorthis, Bohemiellidae, Cathaysiorthidae, Glyptorthidae, Hesperonomiidae, Hesperorthidae, Lycophoriidae, Malinella, Nugnecella, Orthidae, Orthidiellidae, Ottadalenites, Poramborthidae, Productorthidae, Skenidioidae, Tarfayidae, Turarella, Whittardiidae, Zhejiangorthis, Dinorthidae, Toxorthidae, Dolerorthidae
Subtaxa: Bokotorthis Evenkininae Metorthinae Plaesiomyinae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Sweden (6 collections)
• Uhaku of the Russian Federation (1)
• Chazyan of Canada (19: Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec), United States (57: New York, Tennessee, Virginia)
• Whiterockian of United States (13: California, Nevada)
• Arenig of Bolivia (3), Canada (1: New Brunswick), China (5)
• Dawan of China (2)
• Ordovician to Silurian of United States (1: California)
• Ordovician of Argentina (5), Australia (19), Belarus (2), Bolivia (5), Canada (127: British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunvait, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (19), Estonia (20), France (1), Ireland (5), Kazakhstan (30), Myanmar (1), Norway (4), Peru (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (26), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (53), United States (353: Alaska, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
• Ibexian of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 782 collections including 995 occurrences