†order Favositida Wedekind 1937 (tabulate coral)
Parent taxon: Tabulata according to J. C. Edwards 1988
See also Kiessling 2003 and Klaamann 1964
Sister taxa: Acaciaporella, Auloporida, Fainella, Favosichaetetes, Guizhouchaetetes, Halysitida, Heliolitida, Hemiplasmopora, Kimilites, Kitakamilia, Lichenariida, Liopora, Lipopora, Mirandellidae, Neoroemeriidae, Nitkovicepora, Pachypseudoplasmopora, Plasmadictyon, Pseudoflecteria, Pseudotetradium, Pterodictyum, Rhacopora, Sarcinulida, Shanxipora, Spirapora, Subcladopora, Sytovaelites, Tetradiida, Victorilites, Yaoxianopora
Subtaxa: Alveolitina Dendropora Favositina Lamottiidae Oculiporidae Thamnoporina Trachyporidae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic