Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Parent taxon: Stylinina according to H. Löser 2006
See also Baron-Szabo 2003
Sister taxa: Agatheliidae, Cladophylliidae, Euheliidae, Euhellidae, Stylinidae
Subtaxa: Amphiphora Columellophora Cryptocoenia Cyathophora Elasmophora Holocystis Pentacoenia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), Bulgaria (7), Chile (1), China (4), Czechia (9), France (5), Georgia (2), Germany (7), Greece (9), Hungary (1), India (1), Iran (3), Japan (5), Madagascar (2), Mexico (11), Poland (7), Romania (3), Serbia (9), Slovenia (2), Spain (13), Switzerland (6), Tanzania (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Turkmenistan (2), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (4), United States (2: Texas), Venezuela (1)
• Jurassic of Algeria (4), Azerbaijan (5), Bulgaria (2), China (1), Czechia (6), France (11), Georgia (6), Germany (11), Greece (2), India (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (2), Italy (2), Madagascar (1), Morocco (4), Poland (5), Portugal (17), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (3), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (2), Switzerland (3), Thailand (1), Tunisia (2), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (9)
Total: 227 collections including 334 occurrences