Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae
initially spelled in french as "Comosériniens"
Alternative spelling: Comoseriidae
Synonym: Microsolenidae Koby 1890 [replaced name]
Full reference: E. de Fromentel. 1861. Introduction à l'étude des polypiers fossiles. Mémoires de la Société d'Emulation du département du Doubs 3:1-357
Parent taxon: Microsolenina according to D. K. Pandey et al. 2000
See also Baron-Szabo 1997, Baron-Szabo 2021, Cairns et al. 2010, Lathuilière 2024, Turnsek 1997 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Brachyphylliidae, Cunnolitidae, Ebrayia, Latomeandridae, Leptophylliidae, Negoporitidae
Subtaxa: Araiophyllum Chomatoseris Comoseris Dactylaraea Dendraraea Dermoseris Dimorpharaea Disaraea Eocomoseris Genabacia Kobya Litharaeopsis Microsolena Microsolenastraea Mycetaraea Partimeandra Semeloseris Tricycloseris Trocharea Trochoplegma
Distribution:
• Eocene of Papua New Guinea (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Austria (6), Bulgaria (11), China (1), Czechia (3), France (17), Georgia (8), Germany (6), Greece (7), Hungary (1), India (1), Iran (2), Jamaica (1), Japan (4), Madagascar (1), Mexico (8), Poland (5), Portugal (1), Romania (1), Serbia (3), Slovenia (2), Spain (15), Switzerland (4), Trinidad and Tobago (2), Turkmenistan (8), Ukraine (4), United States (12: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas), Uzbekistan (1), Venezuela (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Japan (4), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1), Algeria (3), Azerbaijan (6), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (3), Chile (1), China (2), Croatia (1), Czechia (6), Egypt (1), Ethiopia (1), France (107), Georgia (10), Germany (17), Greece (1), India (7), Indonesia (2), Iran (21), Israel (1), Italy (10), Japan (2), Jordan (4), Madagascar (1), Montenegro (1), Morocco (13), Myanmar (1), North Atlantic (2), Poland (27), Portugal (39), Romania (12), the Russian Federation (6), Saudi Arabia (13), Serbia (1), Slovakia (5), Slovenia (13), Spain (10), Switzerland (15), Tajikistan (3), Thailand (3), Tunisia (5), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (20), Uzbekistan (6)
• Triassic of Austria (5), China (1), India (3), Indian Ocean (1), Iran (1), Italy (4), Mexico (1), Nepal (1), Peru (1), Slovenia (2), United States (13: Alaska, California, Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 582 collections including 1176 occurrences