Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida
Parent taxon: Stromatoporoidea according to C. W. Stearn et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Actinostromatida, Adriatella, Amphiporida, Andenipora, Axiotubullina, Cassianostroma, Ceraostroma, Circopora, Clavidictyon, Coenostella, Cylicopsis, Desmopora, Diparistomaria, Disparistromaria, Ecclimadictyidae, Ellipsactinia, Forolina, Labechiida, Lamellata, Lamellopora, Lithopora, Megastroma, Milleporidium, Mixtusdictyon, Myrioporina, Paratubuliella, Parksia, Perplexostroma, Plumatalina, Praeidiostroma, Pseudoactinostroma, Reticullina, Sergaelites, Shirdagopora, Siphostroma, Sphaeractinia, Sporadoporidium, Steinerella, Stromatoporellata, Stromatoporellida, Stromatoporellina, Stromatoporida, Stromatoporina, Stromatostroma, Syringostromatida, Tosastroma, Tubuliella, Xizangstromatopora
Subtaxa: Actinodictyidae Anostylostromatidae Atelodictyidae Clathrodictyidae Gerronostromatidae Tienodictyidae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Ukraine (1 collection)
• Givetian of Canada (1: Manitoba)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (14), Australia (6), Austria (3), Belgium (3), Canada (60: Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario), China (12), the Czech Republic (18), France (7), Germany (5), Mongolia (4), New Zealand (2), Poland (13), the Russian Federation (20), Spain (24), Tajikistan (11), Thailand (5), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: Iowa, Nevada, New York, Ohio), Uzbekistan (1), Vietnam (7), Western Sahara (1)
• Jaani of Estonia (2)
• Silurian to Devonian of Tajikistan (1), United States (1: Virginia)
• Silurian of Australia (2), Canada (121: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec), China (8), the Czech Republic (2), Estonia (83), India (1), Ireland (1), Latvia (1), Mongolia (3), Norway (5), the Russian Federation (62), Sweden (14), Tajikistan (5), Ukraine (9), the United Kingdom (2), United States (6: Indiana, Iowa, New York, Ohio), Uzbekistan (2)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories)
• Ordovician of Australia (18), Canada (33: Manitoba, Quebec, Québec), China (15), Estonia (12), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (8), United States (1: Illinois)
Total: 647 collections including 1115 occurrences