Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Parent taxon: Rhipidogyridae according to D. K. Pandey and F. T. Fürsich 2003
Sister taxa: Aplosmiliinae, Barysmilia, Orbignygyra, Paraacanthogyra, Placohelia, Pseudoironella, Psilogyra, Rhipidomeandra, Saltocyathus, Somalica
Subtaxa: Codonosmilia Hexaflos Ogilviella Rhipidogyra
Type: Rhipidogyra
Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), Bulgaria (6), Spain (1), Tunisia (1)
• Jurassic of Czechia (3), France (4), Georgia (2), Germany (9), Iran (5), Italy (3), Montenegro (1), Morocco (2), Poland (3), Portugal (8), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (2), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 56 collections including 71 occurrences