Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Goniocladiidae
Parent taxon: Cystoporida according to A. Ernst and E. Minwegen 2006
See also Astrova and Morozova 1956, Bassler 1953 and Ernst 2000
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Cystocladia Dolichozoon Goniocladia Goniocladiella Hiberotrypa Ramipora Ramiporidra Volgia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (7 collections), Australia (8), Austria (1), Bolivia (2), Canada (5: British Columbia, Nunavut), China (10), East Timor (1), Greenland (6), Indonesia (1), Iran (8), Italy (1), Mongolia (1), Oman (7), Pakistan (1), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (12), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (13), Tajikistan (4), Thailand (2), Tunisia (1), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (4: New Mexico, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Australia (7), Bolivia (1), China (1), France (1), Germany (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (6), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (5: Alaska, California, Montana, Texas, Utah)
• Devonian of Spain (1)
Total: 126 collections including 140 occurrences