Parent taxon: Eumetazoa according to F. S. Dunn et al. 2021
See also Erwin et al. 2011, Hofmann et al. 2008 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ausiidae, Bilateralomorpha, Eoandromeda, Funisia, Neuralia, Placozoa, Plexus, Quaestio, Shufangtubulus, Tribrachiomorpha, Triploblastica, Wutubus
Subtaxa: Avalofractus Beothukis Bradgatia Charnia Charnida Charniidae Fractofusus Frondophyllas Hapsidophyllas Parviscopa Pectinifrons Plumeropriscum Primocandelabrum Rangea Trepassia Vauzutsinia Vinlandia
Distribution:
• Poundian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection), China (1)
• Ediacaran of Australia (4), Brazil (1), Canada (51: British Columbia, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia), China (5), Namibia (9), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (10), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 89 collections including 209 occurrences