Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Udoteaceae
Parent taxon: Bryopsidales according to Kundal 2010
See also Senowbari-Daryan and Zamparelli 2005
Sister taxa: Aternasusaceae, Codiaceae, Halimedaceae, Inocladus, Pseudoudoteaceae, Thalassocystis
Subtaxa: Chlorodesmis Juraella Mellporella Ovulites Palaeoporella Saccamminopsis Trelonella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection)
• Eocene of Brazil (11), China (1), India (10), Morocco (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of India (1), Iraq (3)
• Paleocene of China (10), Egypt (2), India (8), Iraq (4), Oman (6)
• Cretaceous of India (1), Iran (1), Romania (1)
• Jurassic of Algeria (1)
• Triassic of United States (1: Oregon)
• Carboniferous of France (1), Ireland (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Devonian of Austria (1), Belgium (3)
• Ordovician of Estonia (1), Kazakhstan (1), Norway (1), Sweden (1)
Total: 75 collections including 82 occurrences