Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Ptilodictyidae
Synonym: Ptilodictyonidae Zittel 1890 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Ptilodictyina according to A. Ernst and H. A. Nakrem 2012
See also Astrova and Morozova 1956, Bassler 1911, Bassler 1953, Jiménez-Sánchez et al. 2010 and Xia et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Amurodictya, Chazydictya, Escharoporidae, Intrapora, Intraporidae, Junggarotrypa, Phragmophaeridae, Ptilotrypina, Rhinidictyidae, Stictoporellidae, Virgatellidae
Subtaxa: Cladodictya Clathropora Ensiphragma Ensipora Insignia Phaenopora Phaenoporella Ptilodictya Ptilotrypa Stellatodictya Stictoporina
Type: Ptilodictya
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (7: Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio collections), Western Sahara (1)
• Niagaran of United States (1: New York)
• Silurian of Belarus (4), Canada (11: Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (2), Mexico (1), Mongolia (1), Norway (4), the Russian Federation (9), Spain (1), Sweden (12), the United Kingdom (9), United States (55: Indiana, New York)
• Dobrotivian of France (2)
• Chazyan of Canada (6: Northwest Territories, Quebec)
• Whiterockian of United States (1: Minnesota)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Canada (8: Northwest Territories, Quebec), China (1), Estonia (4), France (1), India (7), Mongolia (3), Norway (3), the Russian Federation (16), Spain (1), Sweden (6), the United Kingdom (6), United States (19: California, Minnesota, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 203 collections including 280 occurrences