Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae
Parent taxon: Scleractinia according to B. Lathuilière 2024
See also Baron-Szabo et al. 2003, Morycowa and Misik 2005, Turnsek 1997 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Adekoheastrea, Agathiphylliidae, Amphiastraeina, Annotocyathus, Anomopora, Apelismilia, Aplocyathus, Aplosmiliidae, 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, Thigmastrea, Trachyphylliidae, Tropiastraea, Tropiastraeidae
Subtaxa: Montlivaltia Thecosmilia
Type: Thecosmilia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Papua New Guinea (1 collection)
• Miocene of Pakistan (1), Sri Lanka (2)
• Oligocene of Italy (1)
• Eocene of Italy (2), Pakistan (2)
• Paleocene of Pakistan (1), United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Albania (1), Austria (9), Bulgaria (7), China (12), Egypt (6), France (2), Georgia (2), Germany (5), Greece (2), India (1), Iran (4), Japan (4), Madagascar (1), Mexico (13), the Netherlands (2), Oman (1), Poland (2), Romania (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (11), Switzerland (3), Tanzania (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Tunisia (1), Turkmenistan (2), Ukraine (7), United States (1: Texas), Venezuela (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Japan (5)
• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1), Algeria (3), Argentina (14), Austria (2), Azerbaijan (10), Belgium (1), Chile (69), China (4), Croatia (1), the Czech Republic (8), Ethiopia (1), France (63), Georgia (9), Germany (26), Greece (1), Hungary (2), India (8), Indonesia (2), Iran (14), Japan (2), Jordan (1), Madagascar (5), Mexico (1), Morocco (13), Myanmar (1), Poland (11), Portugal (26), Romania (5), the Russian Federation (5), Saudi Arabia (5), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Slovakia (5), Slovenia (6), Spain (26), Switzerland (19), Tanzania (2), Thailand (2), Tunisia (3), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (41), Uzbekistan (6)
• Triassic of Austria (7), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Canada (2: British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (1), China (7), East Timor (1), Germany (1), Hungary (2), India (1), Indonesia (4), Italy (20), Japan (2), Poland (1), Romania (1), Thailand (2), Turkey (1), United States (15: Alaska, Nevada, Oregon), Vietnam (1)
Total: 621 collections including 972 occurrences