Full reference: R.E.H. Reid. 2004. Mesozoic and Cenozoic choristid demosponges. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology E revised(3):175-198
Parent taxon: Choristida according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Ancorinida, Arthaberia, Cephaloraphiditidae, Craniellida, Fusiferella, Helminthophyllidae, Plakinida, Scolioraphididae, Ungulaspongia
Subtaxa: Costamorphiidae Pachastrellidae Theneidae
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Algeria (1 collection), Portugal (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (1)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Ukraine (3)
• Cretaceous of Germany (5), Poland (3), the United Kingdom (3)
• Jurassic of Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of Austria (2)
Total: 23 collections including 27 occurrences