Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Parent taxon: Fenestellidae according to R. S. Bassler 1953
See also Greville 1863 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anastomopora, Archaefenestella, Archimedes, Bicorbis, Bigeyina, Cavernella, Ernstipora, Exfenestella, Fabifenestella, Fenestella, Fenestellinae, Fenestepora, Fenestralia, Fenestrapora, 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: Fenestrellina alia Fenestrellina apurimacana Fenestrellina nodograciosa Fenestrellina salebrosa Fenestrellina sparsigemmata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Australia (1), Bolivia (1)
• Carboniferous of Afghanistan (1), Belize (2), Canada (3: Northwest Territories), Mexico (1), Peru (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (43: Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, Texas, Utah, Virginia)
• Devonian of Canada (3: Alberta, Ontario, Quebec), Colombia (1), New Zealand (2), United States (11: Ohio, Virginia)
• Silurian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Ontario), United States (5: New York)
Total: 79 collections including 91 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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