†family Cladocoropsidae Termier 1977 (demosponge)
Demospongiae - Axinellida - Cladocoropsidae
Parent taxon: Axinellida according to W. Kiessling 2003
Sister taxa: Agelasidae, Astrosclerida, Axinellidae, Ceratoporellidae, Cylicoopsis, Heftastylis, Neuroporidae, Pamirostroma, Pantokratoria, Syringostrominidae, Zlambachella
Subtaxa: Cladocoropsis Sarmentofascis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1 collection), France (1), Romania (1)
• Jurassic of Algeria (2), China (4), Croatia (2), France (1), Greece (2), Indonesia (6), Iran (1), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Peru (1), Portugal (10), Thailand (2), Ukraine (1)
• Triassic of India (2)
Total: 39 collections including 48 occurrences