Demospongiae - Agelasida - Preperonidellidae
Synonym: Peronidellidae Wu 1991
Full reference: R. M. Finks and J. K. Rigby. 2004. Hypercalcified sponges. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology E revised(3):E585-E764
Parent taxon: Agelasida according to F. Amirhassankhani et al. 2014
See also Finks et al. 2004, Novack-Gottshall 2022 and Senowbari-Daryan and Ingavat-Helmcke 1994
Sister taxa: Actinostromarianinidae, Actinostromariidae, Amphorithalamiidae, Angullongiidae, Aphrosalpingidae, Astroscleridae, Auriculospongiidae, Blastoporella, Catenispongiidae, Cliefdenellidae, Columnocoelia, Cryptocoeliidae, Exotubispongiidae, Fissispongiidae, Fluegelispongites, Girtycoeliidae, Girtyocoeliidae, Globucatenulaiidae, Glomocystospongiidae, Guadalupiidae, Incertuspongia, Intrasporeocoeliidae, Kemeria, Maeandrostiidae, Milleporellidae, Noritubispongiidae, Olangocoeliidae, Palermocoeliidae, Parastylothalamiidae, Pharetrospongiidae, Phragmocoeliidae, Polyedridae, Radiotrabeculoporidae, Sebargasiidae, Sestrostomellidae, Sobralispongia, Solenolmiidae, Sphaeropontiidae, Spicidae, Stellispongiellidae, Tabasiidae, Tataouinella, Tenuipariespongia, Thamnonema, Thaumastocoeliidae, Virgolidae
Subtaxa: Cladospongia Heptatubispongiinae Milyasa Permocorynellinae Precorynellinae Preperonidellinae Stipespongia Virgulaspongia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Iran (4 collections)
• Triassic of Austria (5), Hungary (1), Iran (14), Italy (11), Japan (2), Slovenia (1), Tajikistan (3), Turkey (6), United States (1: Idaho)
• Permian of China (33), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (2), Italy (2), Slovenia (1), Thailand (2), Tunisia (51), United States (223: New Mexico, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Japan (1)
• Silurian of United States (1: Alaska)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Yukon), United States (10: Alaska, California)
Total: 378 collections including 568 occurrences