Rhynchonellata - Tropidoleptidae
Parent taxon: Rhynchonellata according to A. Williams et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Athyridida, Atrypida, Cadomelloidea, Cardiarinidae, Dentatrypa, Mongolellidae, Orthida, Pentamerida, Protorthida, Rhynchonellida, Spiriferida, Spiriferinida, Terebratulida, Thecideida
Subtaxa: Tropidoleptus
Type: Tropidoleptus
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), Bolivia (7), Brazil (8), Canada (1: Nova Scotia), Chile (1), Colombia (11), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (5), Libya (10), Mauritania (3), South Africa (3), Spain (1), United States (388: Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia), Venezuela (6)
Total: 446 collections each including a single occurrence