Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Parent taxon: Dasycladaceae according to M. H. Nitecki 1970
Sister taxa: Aciculella, Afghanopolia, Albertaporella, Amicus, Anatolipora, Andrusporella, Aphroporella, Atractyliopsis, Bakalovaella, Baratoloporella, Broeckella, Callisphenus, Cambroporella, Carpenterella, Catellaria, Catena, Clavaphysoporella, Clavaporella, Conipora, Coniporella, Cylindroporella, Cymopolia, Dactylopora, Dasycladacea, Dissocladella, Endoina, Eogoniolina, Eomizzia, Exvotarisella, Favoporella, Favoporella, Ferganella, Furcoporella, Gyroporella, Hamulusella, Harlanjohnsonella, Heteroporella, Imperiella, Intermurella, Jodotella, Johnsonia, Lemoinella, Litopora, Macroporella, Maupasia, Meminella, Mizzia, Montiella, Munieria, Nanjinoporella, Nanopora, Neogyroporella, Neomeris, Neoteutloporella, Novantiella, Ollaria, Orioporella, Oroseina, Otternstella, Pagodaporella, Palaeodasycladus, Paradella, Parkerella, Parnesina, Permopora, Phragmoporella, Physoporella, Piaea, Pianella, Piania, Poikiloporella, Pseudogyroporella, Pseudotabasoporella, Pseudovermiporella, Salopekiella, Salpingoporella, Samarella, Sarosiella, Selliporella, Sestrosphaera, Spinctoporella, Stichoporella, Stolleyella, Suppiluliumaella, Tabasoporella, Tersella, Tetraploporella, Thailandoporella, Unjaella, Uraloporella, Verticillopora, Windosoporella, Zaporella, Zittelina
Subtaxa: Anomaloides Apidium Coelosphaeridium Cyclocrinites Cyclocrinites Lepidolites
Type: Cyclocrinites
Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Paleocene of China (1 collection)
• Silurian of India (1), Norway (10), the Russian Federation (4), United States (5: Iowa)
• Whiterockian of United States (1: California)
• Chazyan of United States (1: Virginia)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (3: Québec)
• Ordovician of Australia (2), Canada (6: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec), China (1), Czechia (1), Estonia (25), India (1), Kazakhstan (3), Latvia (1), the Netherlands (1), Norway (3), United States (15: Ohio, Virginia)
Total: 85 collections including 90 occurrences