Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
Parent taxon: Hexactinosa according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Aphrocallistidae, Aulocalycidae, Auloplacidae, Caesaria, Carinthiaspongus, Caseispongia, Clavularia, Cystispongiidae, Emplocidae, Euretidae, Euryplegmatidae, Farreidae, Furcicanalis, Idiodictyon, Imbricareola, Laocaetis, Misonia, Multiloqua, Mysterium, Octobrum, Pileolitoidea, Pillaraspongioidea, Polysyge, Rhogostomium, Rhombedonium, Scopularia, Scotospongia, Sphenaulacidae, Staurodermatidae, Tesselispongia, Tremaphorus, Tretodictyidae, Vermifistula, Xenoschrammenus
Subtaxa: Andreaea Cribrospongia Erineum Eubrochus Feifelia Gevreya Guettardiscyphia Haynespongia Keuppiella Nelumbifolium Petalope Polyopesia Stereochlamis Stichmaptyx Tesselospongia
Type: Cribrospongia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (1 collection), Italy (1), Spain (6), United States (2: North Carolina)
• Cretaceous of Czechia (2), France (7), Germany (11), Poland (3), Spain (2), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (13)
• Jurassic of Argentina (3), France (3), Germany (18), Poland (25), Portugal (2), Spain (4)
• Triassic of China (3), Italy (1)
Total: 108 collections including 192 occurrences