Family Caulerpaceae Kützing 1843 (green algae)
Bryopsidophyceae - Caulerpales - Caulerpaceae
Parent taxon: Caulerpales according to B. M. Waggoner and J. W. Hagadorn 2004
Sister taxa: Carpathocodium, Palaeosiphonium
Subtaxa: Caulerpa Margaretia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection)
• Delamaran of United States (2: Utah)
• Cambrian of Canada (3: British Columbia), the Russian Federation (1), United States (10: California, Idaho, Pennsylvania, Utah)
Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences