†superfamily Brachythyridoidea Frederiks 1924 (lamp shell)
Parent taxon: Spiriferidina according to A. Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Adolfioidea, Ambocoelioidea, Cyrtioidea, Cyrtospiriferoidea, Delthyridacea, Martinioidea, Paeckelmanelloidea, Spiriferoidea, Theodossioidea
Subtaxa: Brachythyrididae, Skelidorygmidae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder