†family Smilotrochiidae Alloiteau 1952 (stony coral)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Smilotrochiidae
Parent taxon: Meandriina according to D. Turnsek 1997
Sister taxa: Dendrogyriidae, Meandriidae
Subtaxa: Aulophyllia Ilariosmilia Paramontlivaltia Plesiocoenia Plesiosmilia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (1 collection), Iran (1), Italy (1)
• Eocene of Spain (1)
• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (1), Germany (2), Greece (1), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Spain (3), United States (2: New Mexico, Texas)
• Jurassic of France (6), Madagascar (1), Romania (1), Slovenia (1), Switzerland (3), Tunisia (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 30 collections including 37 occurrences