Parent taxon: Octocorallia according to C. S. McFadden et al. 2021
See also Goedert et al. 2022 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alcyonacea, Coenothecalia, Echmatocrinidae, Ellisella, Gorgonacea, Helioporacea, Heterocorallia, Plexauridae, Trachypsammia, Waiparaconidae
Subtaxa: Glyptosceptron Graphularia Pachysceptron Palaeosceptron Pavonaria Prographularia Pteroeides Virgularia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection)
• Miocene of Germany (2), New Zealand (1)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (2), New Zealand (3)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (9)
• Paleocene of Austria (2), Denmark (1), Egypt (1), the Netherlands (2), Ukraine (1), United States (4: Alabama, New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1), the Netherlands (7), Ukraine (1)
Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence