†family Rosenellidae Yavorsky 1973 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Labechiida - Rosenellidae

Parent taxon: Labechiida according to B.D. Webby 2015

See also Bolton 1988 and Stearn et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Aulaceratidae, Labechiidae, Lophiostromatidae, Platiferostromatidae, Stromatoceriidae, Stylostromatidae

Subtaxa: Cystostroma Forolinia Pachystylostroma Pseudostylodictyon Rosenella

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Devonian of China (1 collection)

• Jaani of Estonia (1)

• Silurian of Australia (1), Canada (12: Quebec), China (2), Estonia (27), Ireland (1), the Russian Federation (3)

• Chazyan of Canada (2: Ontario, Québec), United States (10: New York, Vermont)

• Whiterockian of United States (2: Vermont)

• Ordovician of Australia (13), Canada (14: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (7), Estonia (5), Malaysia (1), Mongolia (7), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (4), South Korea (2), United States (2: Alabama, Alaska)

Total: 118 collections including 155 occurrences

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