Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Synonyms: Alternifenestella Termier and Termier 1971, Mirandifenestella Termier and Termier 1971
Full reference: H. Termier and G. Termier. 1971. Bryozoaires du Paleozoique superieur de l'Afghanistan. Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon 47:1-52
Parent taxon: Fenestellinae according to A. Ernst 2001
See also Ernst 2000, Ernst 2016, Gilmour and Snyder 2000, Morozova 1974 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Archaeofenestella, Laxifenestella, Minilya
Subtaxa: Alternifenestella (Cervella) Alternifenestella absoluta Alternifenestella ampla Alternifenestella argumentosa Alternifenestella bifida Alternifenestella cervoidea Alternifenestella crassiseptata Alternifenestella cyclotriangulata Alternifenestella esaulovae Alternifenestella greenharbourensis Alternifenestella horologia Alternifenestella indubia Alternifenestella invisitata Alternifenestella kungurensis Alternifenestella major Alternifenestella megacapillaris Alternifenestella minor Alternifenestella minuscula Alternifenestella nalivkini Alternifenestella pajerensis Alternifenestella picchuensis Alternifenestella rarispinata Alternifenestella sayensis Alternifenestella spinifera Alternifenestella spitzbergensis Alternifenestella sublonga Alternifenestella tenuiseptata Alternifenestella tribifurcata Alternifenestella tuberculifera Alternifenestella vagrantia Spinofenestella absoluta Spinofenestella antiensis Spinofenestella aspratilis Spinofenestella basleoensis Spinofenestella geinitzi Spinofenestella lata Spinofenestella magna Spinofenestella microfenestrata Spinofenestella minuta Spinofenestella popovi Spinofenestella solida Spinofenestella speciosa Spinofenestella spinulosa Spinofenestella subquadratopora Spinofenestella surda Spinofenestella tschernovi
Type: Fenestella spinulosa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (3 collections), Australia (23), Austria (4), Bolivia (6), Canada (3: British Columbia, Nunavut), China (6), East Timor (1), Germany (8), Greenland (2), Iran (9), Mongolia (2), Oman (1), Pakistan (1), Peru (11), Poland (12), the Russian Federation (26), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5), Tajikistan (4), Thailand (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (41: Kansas, Texas, Washington)
• Carboniferous of Australia (1), Bolivia (3), China (1), France (1), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (4), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: New Mexico, Oklahoma)
• Devonian of Germany (8), Morocco (2), Spain (3), Western Sahara (1)
Total: 207 collections including 262 occurrences
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