Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Codiaceae
Parent taxon: Bryopsidales according to W. Kiessling 2004
See also Johnson 1964
Sister taxa: Aternasusaceae, Halimedaceae, Inocladus, Pseudoudoteaceae, Thalassocystis, Udoteaceae
Subtaxa: Anchicodium Aphroditicodium Arabicodium Bacanella Calcipatera Diversoporella Doliporella Garwoodioideae Ivanovia Litanaia Maslovina Mizziella Neoanchicodium Orthriosiphon Palaeocodium Polygonella Polymorphocodium Protocodium Sinuatoporella Stylocodium Udotoideae 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 Czechia (1), Portugal (1), Qatar (1)
• Triassic of Austria (1), Italy (2), Japan (2), Oman (1)
• Permian of Canada (1: Nunavut), China (5), Croatia (1), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (1), Thailand (1), Türkiye (1), United States (6: Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, 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)
• Givetian of China (1)
• Devonian of Australia (6), Austria (2), Canada (1: Alberta), China (1), Germany (2), Italy (2), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (1), Tajikistan (3)
• Silurian of Canada (2: Nunavut, Ontario), Sweden (2), United States (2: Alaska)
• Whiterockian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), China (4), Kazakhstan (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Tennessee)
• Cambrian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), the Russian Federation (1)
• Ediacaran of China (1)
Total: 116 collections including 134 occurrences