Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Alternative spelling: Rhabdomesonidae
Parent taxon: Rhabdomesida according to Y. Ariunchimeg 1996
See also Astrova and Morozova 1956, Bassler 1953 and Shishova 1964
Sister taxa: Hyphasmoporidina, Maychellidae, Nikiforovellidae, Rhomboporidae
Subtaxa: Acanthoclema Ascopora Ascoporella Bactropora Coeloconus Euthyrhombopora Fehlerpora Goldfussitrypa Hyalotoechus Idioclema Linotaxis Megacanthopora Nemataxidra Nemataxis Nematotrypa Nicklesopora Orthopora Ottoseetaxis Paranicklesopora Petaloporella Pseudorhabdomeson Rhabdomeson Spirillopora Tropidopora Uralotrypa Vidronovella
Type: Rhabdomeson
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (5 collections), Armenia (4), Australia (2), Austria (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (27), Cuba (1), Indonesia (3), Iran (6), Italy (1), Japan (3), Mongolia (4), Oman (4), Pakistan (1), Peru (4), the Russian Federation (30), Slovenia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (18), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (9), Tunisia (1), United States (9: Alaska, Arizona, Nevada, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Egypt (1), France (1), Germany (1), Japan (3), Mexico (1), Mongolia (2), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (5), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (6), the United Kingdom (5), United States (84: Alabama, Alaska, California, Indiana, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah)
• Devonian of Belarus (1), China (1), the Czech Republic (2), France (3), Germany (28), Iran (5), Morocco (7), Poland (1), Spain (16), the United Kingdom (1), United States (11: Michigan, Montana, Ohio), Western Sahara (1)
• Niagaran of United States (1: New York)
• Silurian of Belarus (3), Norway (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (16: Maryland, New York)
• Uhaku of Sweden (1)
• Chazyan of United States (4: Virginia)
• Ordovician of Estonia (3), France (1), Sweden (2), United States (8: Nevada, Tennessee)
Total: 366 collections including 446 occurrences