Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida
Parent taxon: Terebratellidina according to M. A. Bitner and A. Müller 2017
See also Bitner and Martinell 2001, Emig et al. 2013 and Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Antigoniarcula, Bouchardioidea, Dallinoidea, Eogryphus, Gwyniella, Hercothyris, Kingenoidea, Kurakithyris, Laqueoidea, Leptothyrellopsis, Lutetiarcula, Magas, Megathyridoidea, Miogryphus, Mosaethyrididae, Platidioidea, Praeneothyris, Rhynchora, Rhynchorina, Terebratelloidea, Tiaretithyris, Timacella, Xinjiangthyris, Yabeithyris, Yuezhuella, Zeillerioidea, Zhidothyris
Subtaxa: Kraussinidae
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (3 collections), Greece (2), Italy (16)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)
• Pliocene of Algeria (4), Italy (3), Morocco (1), South Africa (4), Spain (4), Syria (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Bulgaria (1), the Czech Republic (2), Hungary (1), Italy (7), New Zealand (4), Poland (15), Romania (2), Slovenia (1), South Africa (5), Spain (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (3)
• Eocene of Romania (1), Ukraine (1)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: California)
• Jurassic of Germany (1)
Total: 87 collections including 102 occurrences