Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Parent taxon: Craticulariidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Caseariinae, Conicospongia, Cordiospongia, Craticulariinae, Ecblastesia, Esfahanella, Leptophragmatinae, Mimeticosia, Paleocraticularia, Periplectum, Pleuroguettardia, Polonospongia, Synaulia, Urnospongia
Subtaxa: Aulacosia Botroclonium Intextum Laocoetis Leptolacis Pachyascus Scipiospongia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Algeria (2 collections)
• Oligocene of Costa Rica (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1), Spain (7), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (2), Czechia (3), France (12), Germany (4), Poland (6), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (4)
• Jurassic of Argentina (2), Germany (11), Poland (10), Portugal (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1)
• Triassic of China (1)
Total: 74 collections including 110 occurrences