Frieleiidae

Belongs within: Rhynchonellida.

The Frieleiidae are a group of generally triangular brachiopods known from the Eocene to the present (Ager et al. 1965).

Characters (Ager et al. 1965): Usually capillate to costellate, triangular; dental plates strong, spinulifer crura short and straight, septalium small.

<==Frieleiidae [Hispanirhynchiidae]AG65
    |--Frieleia Dall 1895AG65
    |    `--*F. halli Dall 1895AG65
    |--Compsothyris Jackson 1918AG65
    |    `--*C. racovitzae (Joubin 1901) [=Rhynchonella racovitzae]AG65
    |--Grammetaria Cooper 1959AG65
    |    `--*G. bartschi (Dall 1920) [=Hemithyris bartschi]AG65
    |--Hispanirhynchia Thomson 1927AG65
    |    `--*H. cornea (Fischer 1887) [=Rhynchonella cornea]AG65
    `--Sphenarina Cooper 1959AG65
         `--*S. sicula (Seguenza 1870) [=Rhynchonella sicula]AG65

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[AG65] Ager, D. V., R. E. Grant, D. J. McLaren & H. Schmidt. 1965. Rhynchonellida. In: Moore, R. C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt H. Brachiopoda vol. 2 pp. H552–H632. The Geological Society of America, Inc.: Boulder (Colorado), and The University of Kansas Press: Lawrence (Kansas).