Parent taxon: Fenestrata according to A. Ernst and A. Munnecke 2009
See also Ernst and Carrera 2008 and Ernst et al. 2006
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Chainodictyonidae Chasmatoporidae Pinocladia Prolixicella Ralfinidae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (3 collections), Canada (1: Nunavut), Iran (1), Oman (2), the Russian Federation (16), Tajikistan (2), Thailand (2)
• Carboniferous of Germany (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (4), the United Kingdom (2), United States (8: Alaska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Devonian of Germany (7), Morocco (6), Spain (2), Western Sahara (1)
• Silurian of Belarus (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (3), Canada (1: Quebec), Estonia (2), France (3), India (1), Italy (1), Norway (2), Sweden (2)
Total: 75 collections including 96 occurrences