Parent taxon: Algae according to V. S. Perez Loinaze et al. 2023
See also Scafati et al. 2009 and Vera et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Algacites, Archidesmus loganensis, Bartenia, Botryococcaceae, Byssus, Cancellophycus, Characeales, Collenia, Conferva, Confervites, Conophyton, Cryptozoon, Delesseria, Dendrophycus, Dictyophycus, Elainabella, Eoholynia, Fucoides, Gilbertina, Gyrodendron, Halymenites, Jurusania, Lichen, Longfengshaniaceae, Loperia, Myelophycus, Palaeodictyon, Petrophyton, Retiphycus, Tremella, Ulva
Subtaxa: Catinipollis Diagonalites Gelasinicysta Lecaniella Mougeotia Mougeotiates Ovoidites Spirogyra Stigmozygodites Tetranguladinium Tetraporina
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), China (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene of Azerbaijan (1), Spain (1)
• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (2), Germany (14), Myanmar (1), United States (41: Louisiana)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (2: Virginia)
• Paleocene of Argentina (25), United States (18: North Dakota)
• Paleogene of Argentina (1), India (1)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (2)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (39), Denmark (1), Egypt (4), France (1), South Sudan (3), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (9: North Dakota)
• Triassic of Madagascar (1)
• Permian of Italy (2)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (1)
Total: 177 collections including 250 occurrences