Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Pennospiriferinidae
Parent taxon: Pennospiriferinoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Balatonospiridae, Lepismatinidae, Paraspiriferinidae, Punctospiriferidae, Reticulariinidae, Sarganostegidae, Spiriferellinidae, Spiropunctiferidae
Subtaxa: Pennospiriferininae Punctospirellinae
Type: Pennospiriferina
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (1 collection), Austria (7), France (25), Hungary (3), Italy (2), New Zealand (9), Portugal (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (6), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Alaska)
• Triassic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), China (1), Germany (4), Hungary (17), Iran (1), Italy (28), New Caledonia (12), New Zealand (51), Poland (5), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (16), Serbia and Montenegro (8), Singapore (1), Slovakia (3), Turkey (1)
• Permian of China (1), Italy (1), Japan (3), the Russian Federation (4), Thailand (1), United States (173: Alaska, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Vietnam (1)
• Carboniferous of the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 396 collections including 406 occurrences