†family Pinacophyllidae Vaughan and Wells 1943 (stony coral)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pinacophyllidae
Parent taxon: Archaeocoeniina according to G. D. Stanley, jr and M. T. Whalen 1989
Sister taxon: Ellipsosmiliidae
Subtaxa: Cyathocoenia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Eocene of Somalia (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Tajikistan (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of Austria (2), Canada (1: British Columbia), Chile (2), China (1), Italy (2), Poland (2), Thailand (1), Turkey (1), United States (4: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon)
Total: 19 collections including 21 occurrences