Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Ptilodictyidae
Synonym: Fimbriapora Astrova 1965
Parent taxon: Ptilodictyidae according to A. Ernst et al. 2019
See also Bassler 1911, Bassler 1953, Ernst and Nakrem 2012, Jiménez-Sánchez et al. 2010, Ma et al. 2015, Sepkoski 2002 and Volkova et al. 1978
Sister taxa: Cladodictya, Clathropora, Ensiphragma, Ensipora, Insignia, Phaenoporella, Ptilodictya, Ptilotrypa, Stellatodictya, Stictoporella, Stictoporina
Subtaxa: Phaenopora ensiformis Phaenopora explanata Phaenopora multifida Phaenopora similis
Type: Phaenopora explanata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (10: Ontario, Québec collections), China (2), the Russian Federation (3), Sweden (4), United States (45: Indiana, New York)
• Ordovician of India (7), Mongolia (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (9), Sweden (1), United States (15: Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 98 collections including 128 occurrences
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