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 (2 collections), Austria (7), Chile (1), France (25), Germany (2), Hungary (3), Italy (2), New Caledonia (4), New Zealand (39), Portugal (1), Serbia (1), Spain (7), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Alaska)
• Triassic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), China (1), Germany (4), Hungary (17), Iran (1), Italy (28), Montenegro (1), New Caledonia (12), New Zealand (98), Poland (6), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (16), Serbia (7), Singapore (1), Slovakia (3), Türkiye (1)
• Permian of China (1), Italy (1), Japan (3), the Russian Federation (4), Thailand (1), United States (181: Alaska, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Vietnam (1)
• Carboniferous of the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 491 collections including 501 occurrences