Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Parent taxon: Stellispongiidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxon: Holcospongiinae
Subtaxa: Amorphofungia Amorphospongia Blastinoidea Conocoelia Diaplectia Elasmoierea Elasmostoma Euzittelia Heteropenia Lutia Pachymura Pachytilodia Pareudea Paronadella Peronidella Steinmanella Steinmannella Stellispongia Trachypenia Trachysinia Trachysphecion
Type: Stellispongia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (2 collections)
• Paleocene of United States (3: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Austria (2), Czechia (5), France (6), Germany (4), Switzerland (5), the United Kingdom (2)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Austria (1)
• Jurassic of Austria (1), Eritrea (1), France (2), Germany (16), Iran (4), Italy (1), North Atlantic (3), Poland (12), Portugal (4), Romania (2), Switzerland (1), Ukraine (1)
• Triassic of Austria (16), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Germany (2), Greece (1), Hungary (2), India (1), Indian Ocean (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (4), Italy (20), Japan (1), Oman (1), Peru (2), Romania (1), Slovenia (1), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (1), Türkiye (2), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (2: Alaska, Oregon)
• Permian of China (36), Croatia (2), Iran (1), Slovenia (1)
Total: 182 collections including 268 occurrences