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, Porospongia, Rhogostomium, Rhombedonium, Scopularia, Scotospongia, 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 Italy (1 collection), Spain (4), United States (2: North Carolina)
• Cretaceous of Czechia (2), France (6), Germany (11), Poland (3), Spain (2), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (8)
• Jurassic of Argentina (3), France (3), Germany (14), Poland (25), Portugal (2), Spain (4)
• Triassic of China (3), Italy (1)
Total: 95 collections including 177 occurrences