Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Parent taxon: Fenestellidae according to A. Ernst 2000
Sister taxa: Anastomopora, Archaefenestella, Archimedes, Bicorbis, Bigeyina, Cavernella, Ernstipora, Exfenestella, Fabifenestella, Fenestella, Fenestepora, Fenestralia, Fenestrapora, Fenestrellina, Filites, Flexifenestella, Helicopora, Hemitrypa, Hemitrypella, Hinganotrypa, Isotrypa, Levifenestella, Loculipora, Lyrocladia, Lyropora, Moorephylloporina, Narynella, Ogbinofenestella, Paraptylopora, Paraseptopora, Patellipora, Permofenestella, Polycladiopora, Pseudoisotrypa, Pseudounitrypa, Ptiloporella, Ptiloporina, Rectifenestella, Reteporina, Ryhopora, Seriopora, Sphragiopora, Unitrypa, Utropora
Subtaxa: Archaeofenestella Laxifenestella Minilya Spinofenestella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (6 collections), Australia (35), Austria (4), Bolivia (6), Canada (4: British Columbia, Nunavut), China (7), Germany (8), Greenland (2), Iran (24), Japan (2), Laos (1), Mongolia (3), Oman (3), Pakistan (5), Peru (12), Poland (12), the Russian Federation (39), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (6), Tajikistan (5), Thailand (7), Timor-Leste (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (55: Kansas, Texas, Washington)
• Carboniferous of Australia (1), Bolivia (3), China (1), France (1), Mexico (1), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (5), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (66: Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Devonian of Czechia (2), Germany (9), Morocco (2), Spain (3), Western Sahara (1)
• Silurian of Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 353 collections including 466 occurrences