Demospongiae - Agelasida - Preperonidellidae
Full reference: R. M. Finks and J. K. Rigby. 2004. Hypercalcified sponges. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology E revised(3):E585-E764
Parent taxon: Preperonidellidae according to F. Amirhassankhani et al. 2014
See also Finks et al. 2004 and Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 2015
Sister taxa: Cladospongia, Heptatubispongiinae, Milyasa, Permocorynellinae, Precorynellinae, Stipespongia, Virgulaspongia
Subtaxa: Bisiphonella Hikorocodium Preperonidella Radiofibra
Type: Preperonidella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Iran (4 collections)
• Triassic of Austria (2), Iran (12), Italy (2), Turkey (5)
• Permian of China (30), Hungary (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (2), Thailand (1), Tunisia (21), United States (32: New Mexico, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Japan (1)
Total: 114 collections including 142 occurrences