Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Parent taxon: Scleractinia according to R. A. López-Pérez 2005
See also Stanley 1986 and Turnsek 1997
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, Thamnasterites, Thamnastraea, Thecoseriopsis, Thecosmiliidae, Thigmastrea, Trachyphylliidae, Tropiastraea, Tropiastraeidae
Subtaxa: Corbariastraea Dendrastrea Dimorphofungia Mesomorpha Polyastropsis Recticostastraea Stereocaenia Thamnasteria
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Georgia collection)
• Eocene of Hungary (1), Italy (1), Spain (1), United States (1: California)
• Paleocene of Pakistan (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Alabama)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (6), Austria (5), Azerbaijan (1), Bulgaria (4), China (2), Czechia (5), Egypt (1), France (9), Georgia (4), Germany (10), Greece (3), Hungary (1), Japan (4), Mexico (4), Oman (1), Pakistan (1), Poland (4), Romania (2), Serbia (3), Spain (11), Switzerland (3), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Tunisia (1), Turkmenistan (4), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: Texas), Uzbekistan (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Japan (5), Poland (1)
• Jurassic of Algeria (1), Argentina (1), Austria (2), Azerbaijan (4), Belarus (1), Canada (2: Nova Scotia), Chile (4), Colombia (1), Czechia (4), France (110), Georgia (3), Germany (29), Greece (1), India (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (11), Italy (6), Japan (5), Jordan (2), Lebanon (1), Luxembourg (1), Madagascar (3), Mexico (1), Morocco (6), Peru (1), Poland (22), Portugal (24), Romania (6), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (5), Serbia (2), Slovakia (4), Slovenia (6), Spain (5), Switzerland (14), Thailand (2), Tunisia (5), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (32), United States (1: Arkansas), Uzbekistan (2)
• Triassic of Austria (1), Canada (6: British Columbia, Yukon), China (2), Greece (1), Hungary (1), India (1), Iran (1), Italy (3), Slovenia (1), Tajikistan (3), Thailand (1), United States (20: Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 489 collections including 625 occurrences