Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae
Parent taxon: Faviina according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
Sister taxa: Cladocoridae, Columastreidae, Diplocteniopsidae, Eugyridae, Faviicae, Heliastraeidae, Isastreidae, Misistellidae, Mussidae, Oculinidae, Pamiroseriidae, Phyllocoeniidae, Placosmiliidae, Stylophyllicae, Tropidastraeidae
Subtaxa: Astrogyra Neocoenia Paraplacocoenia Placocoenia Placocoeniopsis Taxogyra
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene to Miocene of Iran (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Italy (1), the Netherlands (1)
• Cretaceous of Armenia (1), Austria (4), Azerbaijan (1), Bulgaria (2), Chile (3), Croatia (1), Georgia (2), Germany (2), Greece (4), Iran (3), Jamaica (2), Japan (4), Mexico (3), the Netherlands (7), Oman (7), Serbia (3), Slovakia (1), Somalia (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (2), Ukraine (1), the United Arab Emirates (6), Uzbekistan (1)
Total: 65 collections including 84 occurrences