Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Parent taxon: Microsolenina according to D. K. Pandey et al. 2000
See also Baron-Szabo 1997, Turnsek 1997 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Brachyphylliidae, Cunnolitidae, Ebrayia, Latomeandridae, Leptophylliidae, Negoporitidae
Subtaxa: Araiophyllum Chomatoseris Comoseris Dactylaraea Dendraraea Dermoseris Dimorpharaea Disaraea Eocomoseris Genabacia Hydnophoromeandraraea Kobya Litharaeopsis Microsolena Microsolenastraea Mycetaraea Semeloseris Tricycloseris Trocharea Trochoplegma
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Papua New Guinea (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Austria (8), Bulgaria (11), China (1), the Czech Republic (3), France (21), Georgia (8), Germany (6), Greece (8), Hungary (1), India (1), Iran (2), Jamaica (1), Japan (8), Madagascar (1), Mexico (8), Poland (5), Portugal (1), Romania (2), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Slovenia (2), Spain (15), Switzerland (3), 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), Canada (2: Nova Scotia), Chile (1), China (2), Croatia (1), the Czech Republic (6), Egypt (1), Ethiopia (1), France (107), Georgia (10), Germany (17), Greece (1), India (7), Indonesia (2), Iran (21), Israel (1), Italy (9), Japan (2), Jordan (4), Madagascar (1), Morocco (13), Myanmar (1), Poland (27), Portugal (39), Romania (12), the Russian Federation (6), Saudi Arabia (13), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Slovakia (5), Slovenia (13), Spain (10), Switzerland (13), Tajikistan (3), Thailand (3), Tunisia (5), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (20), Uzbekistan (6)
• Triassic of Australia (1), Austria (5), China (1), India (3), Iran (1), Italy (4), Mexico (1), Nepal (1), Peru (1), Slovenia (2), United States (13: Alaska, California, Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 590 collections including 1194 occurrences