Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
Parent taxon: Rhabdomesina according to A. Jiménez-Sánchez 2009
See also Ernst et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Archaeomeson, Arthrostylidae, Bigeyella, Nematotrypidae, Streblotrypidae
Subtaxa: Hyphasmopora Lanopora Matsutrypa Ogbinopora Streblotrypa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (5 collections), Armenia (3), Australia (12), Austria (3), Azerbaijan (1), Bolivia (1), Canada (5: British Columbia, Nunavut), China (19), East Timor (2), India (1), Indonesia (2), Iran (25), Italy (2), Japan (4), Malaysia (1), Mongolia (3), Nepal (1), Oman (20), Pakistan (1), Peru (3), the Russian Federation (49), Slovenia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (7), Tajikistan (4), Thailand (5), Tunisia (1), the United Arab Emirates (2), United States (5: Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Washington)
• Virgilian of United States (1: Texas)
• Desmoinesian of Mexico (1), United States (2: Oklahoma)
• Atokan of United States (1: New Mexico)
• Pennsylvanian of United States (2: New Mexico)
• Osagean of United States (2: Indiana)
• Carboniferous of Australia (4), China (1), Germany (2), Japan (4), Mongolia (1), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (5), the United Kingdom (2), United States (39: Alabama, Arizona, Indiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah)
• Mississippian of United States (3: Alaska, Arizona, Indiana)
• Devonian of United States (21: Michigan, Missouri, Ohio)
• Ordovician of France (2), Spain (3)
Total: 286 collections including 346 occurrences