†family Parisididae Aurivillius 1931 (gorgonian)
Anthozoa - Gorgonacea - Parisididae
Parent taxon: Gorgonacea according to R. L. Squires and R. A. Demetrion 1992
Sister taxa: Acabaria, Axogaster, Carpathoporella, Coptocampylodon, Corallium, Eogorgia, Gorgoniidae, Krimella, Melithaea, Moltkia, Nicella, Paramoltkia, Petilavenula, Primnoa, Verrucella
Subtaxa: Parisis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (4 collections)
• Oligocene of Italy (1), Somalia (1)
• Eocene of Germany (2), Mexico (1), Spain (1), Tonga (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (1), Turkmenistan (2), Ukraine (1)
• Cretaceous of Ukraine (1)
Total: 18 collections including 22 occurrences