Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Codiaceae
Parent taxon: Bryopsidales according to W. Kiessling 2004
Sister taxa: Aternasusaceae, Halimedaceae, Inocladus, Pseudoudoteaceae, Thalassocystis, Udoteaceae
Subtaxa: Anchicodium Aphroditicodium Arabicodium Bacanella Calcipatera Diversoporella Doliporella Ivanovia Lancicula Litanaia Maslovina Mizziella Neoanchicodium Orthriosiphon Palaeocodium Polygonella Polymorphocodium Protocodium Sinuatoporella Stylocodium Uva
Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (2 collections)
• Paleocene of Greece (1)
• Cretaceous of Egypt (3), France (3), Iran (1), Iraq (13), Mexico (1), Oman (1), Portugal (2), Romania (4), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of the Czech Republic (1), Portugal (1), Qatar (1)
• Triassic of Italy (1), Japan (1)
• Permian of Canada (1: Nunavut), China (5), Croatia (1), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (1), Thailand (1), Turkey (1), United States (5: Kansas, Nevada, Texas)
• Carboniferous to Permian of the Russian Federation (1)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nunavut), China (1), France (4), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: Iowa, New Mexico, Oklahoma)
• Devonian of Australia (1), Austria (2), Canada (1: Alberta), Germany (2), Italy (2), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (1), Tajikistan (3)
• Ordovician of China (1)
• Ediacaran of China (1)
Total: 85 collections including 96 occurrences