This group can be considered as one family encompassing a wide range of related genera. However, the Polyporidae may instead be considered as a separate family. Alternatively, the Fenestellidae can be divided into the subfamilies Fenestellinae and Polyporinae. This third version is used in the listing below, although the file structure used for these web pages has not been designed to reflect subfamily levels of taxonomy.
Subfamily Fenestellinae
Subfamily Polyporinae
Archimedes wortheni - at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum.
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Photo of part of slab of Permian Branxton Formation from New South Wales, Australia - rich in fenestellids. |
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A second photo of Permian Branxton Formation from New South Wales, Australia. (Thanks to Bill Landenberger for stratigraphic correction) |
Fenestella emaciata; Bryozoans from the Wanakah Shale, Western NY at New York Paleontology. (Compiled by K. Wilson, from the State University of New York at Binghamton)
Archimedes terebreformis at Paleontology and Geology of Missouri.