Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Chlidonophoridae
Parent taxon: Cancellothyridoidea according to C. C. Emig et al. 2013
See also Dulai 2010, Kaim et al. 2010 and Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Cancellothyrididae, Cnismatocentridae, Inopinatarculidae, Pseudokingena
Subtaxa: Agulhasiinae Chlidonophorinae Draciinae Eucalathinae Orthothyridinae
Type: Chlidonophora
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (2 collections)
• Miocene of Italy (2), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of Austria (12), Hungary (2), Italy (1), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Paleocene of Denmark (16)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (8), Australia (10), Belgium (26), Cuba (2), Czechia (1), Denmark (9), France (23), Indonesia (4), Japan (1), Kazakhstan (1), the Netherlands (2), Poland (13), the United Kingdom (29)
• Jurassic of France (3), Georgia (1), New Zealand (2), Ukraine (1)
Total: 175 collections including 233 occurrences