Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Parent taxon: Stenoscismatoidea according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004
See also Brunton and Champion 1974, Shen et al. 2003 and Williams et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Atriboniidae, Psilocamaridae
Subtaxa: Cyrolexinae Nantanella Proatriboniinae Septacamera Stenoscismatinae Torynechinae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Australia (22), Azerbaijan (1), Bolivia (15), Cambodia (1), Canada (36: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon), China (69), East Timor (1), Germany (2), Greece (2), Greenland (29), Hungary (1), India (3), Indonesia (10), Iran (1), Italy (5), Japan (7), Laos (1), Lithuania (19), Madagascar (1), Malaysia (6), Mexico (4), Mongolia (6), Myanmar (8), Nepal (3), New Zealand (3), Oman (2), Pakistan (98), the Russian Federation (27), Slovenia (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (9), Tajikistan (3), Thailand (10), Tunisia (3), Turkey (1), Ukraine (5), the United Kingdom (26), United States (359: Alaska, California, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas)
• Namurian of Thailand (1)
• Carboniferous of Australia (12), Bolivia (1), Canada (6: Nunavut, Yukon), China (3), the Czech Republic (1), India (8), Italy (1), Libya (1), Nepal (1), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (5), South Korea (1), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), the United Kingdom (12), United States (73: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Givetian of United States (1: Missouri)
• Devonian of Canada (5: Alberta, Ontario), France (1), Italy (1), United States (40: Arizona, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, New York)
Total: 982 collections including 1295 occurrences