Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae
Parent taxon: Scleractinia according to R.C. Baron-Szabo 2021
Sister taxa: Adekoheastrea, Agathiphylliidae, Amphiastraeina, Annotocyathus, Anomopora, Apelismilia, Aplocyathus, Archaeocoeniina, Archaeofungiina, Archaeolasmogyra, Archaeosmiliidae, Astraeoina, Astrocoeniina, Aulastraeoporidae, Bavarosmilia, Budiopsis, Calameastolia, Carantophyllum, Carcicocaenia, Caryophylliina, Chorisastraea, Clausastraeopsis, Clonosmilia, Coelomeandra, Comoseriidae, Coscinaraeidae, Cyclastraeidae, Cyclindrocyathus, Cylindrosmilia, Cynaria, Decaheliocoenia, Dendrophylliina, Desmocoenia, Dichotomosmilia, Diploastraeidae, Diplothecangia, Distichophylliina, Ebocotrochus, Eburneotrochus, Eckastraeidae, Edwardsomeandra, Epitrochus, Etalloniopsis, Euphylliidae, Eupsammidae, Eusmiliopsis, Fasciatiphyllia, Fasciseris, Faviina, Favitopsis, Felixaraeoidea, Fungiina, Furcophyllia, Gallitellia, Gardineroseris, Gombertiphyllia, Haplareidae, Hedeliastraea, Heliostylina, Helladophyllia, Heterocoeniina, Houchangocyathus, Isastraeidae, Isphyllastrea, Karatchastraea, Kobycoenia, Lamellomeandra, Lepiconus, Leptastreidae, Lithodendron, Lobophylliidae, Lupitschia, Mareastraea, Meandriina, Microsolenina, Miophora, Mioscapophyllia, Misistelloidea, Montastraeidae, Morchellastraea, Ondadiplocteniopsis, Oulastreidae, Pachyphylliidae, Pachysmilia, Pachythecaliina, Palaeophyllia, Palaeoseris, Palaeosmilia, Paracoryphyllia, Parastraeomorpha, Parastraeopora, Parepismiliidae, Phylloseriopsis, Phyllosmilioidea, Plerogyridae, Plesiastreidae, Pleuropodia, Psammocyathus, Pyramisasteria, Reisocyathus, Reussiphyllia, Rhabdofavia, Rhipidogyrina, Rhopalophyllia, Saeptiphyllia, Sakalavastraeopsis, Saltastraea, Sclydolithus, Siderocoenia, Siliningastraea, Sinasteria, Siniastraea, Smilostyliidae, Solenocoeniidae, Streptocyathopsis, Streptocyathus, Stylinina, Stylophyllina, Substuoresia, Thamnasteria cycloides, Thamnasteria komagataensis, Thamnasteria maxima, Thamnasteria protoserioides, Thamnasteria rikuzenica, Thamnasteriidae, Thamnasterites, Thamnastraea, Thecoseriopsis, Thecosmiliidae, Thigmastrea, Trachyphylliidae, Tropiastraea, Tropiastraeidae
Subtaxa: Aplosmilia Astreoidogyra Bodeurina Columellogyra Columnogyra Cymosmilia Ogilviella Phytogyra Placogyra Pruvostastraea Psammogyra Rhipidogyra Rhipidosmilia Starostinia Tiaradendron
Type: Aplosmilia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), Bulgaria (11), China (1), Georgia (3), Greece (1), Jamaica (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (3), Switzerland (1), Tunisia (1), Turkmenistan (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1), Japan (2)
• Jurassic of China (2), Croatia (1), the Czech Republic (5), Ethiopia (2), France (14), Georgia (6), Germany (11), India (1), Iran (3), Italy (5), Japan (1), Morocco (3), Poland (8), Portugal (14), Romania (3), the Russian Federation (2), Saudi Arabia (3), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovenia (3), Spain (4), Switzerland (4), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Devonian of Australia (4), Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Yukon), United States (10: Nevada)
• Silurian of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 144 collections including 240 occurrences