Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Nikiforovellidae
Full reference: R. V. Gorjunova. 1975. Permian Bryozoans of the Pamirs. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 148:1-127
Parent taxon: Rhabdomesida according to E. H. Gilmour and E. M. Snyder 2000
Sister taxa: Hyphasmoporidina, Maychellidae, Rhabdomesidae, Rhomboporidae
Subtaxa: Clausotrypa Mediapora Nikiforovella Pinegopora Robinella Streblotrypella Tebitopora
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (3 collections), India (1), New Zealand (1)
• Permian of Australia (1), Canada (5: British Columbia, Nunavut), Chile (3), China (3), Indonesia (1), Iran (2), Japan (1), Malaysia (1), Mongolia (1), Oman (2), the Russian Federation (18), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (4), Tajikistan (2), Thailand (3), United States (1: Washington)
• Carboniferous of France (1), Germany (1), Japan (1), Mongolia (2), Spain (13), the United Kingdom (2), United States (6: Indiana, New Mexico)
• Devonian of Germany (8), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 88 collections including 105 occurrences