Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Parent taxon: Oculinidae according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
Sister taxa: Astrhelia, Bantamia, Bathelia, Ennallohelia, Galaxeinae, Madrepora, Oculina, Palaeohelia, Schizoculina, Sclerhelia
Subtaxa: Cyathelia Diblasus Diplhelia Haplohelia Petrophyllia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (2 collections), Indonesia (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of the Czech Republic (1), France (2), Indonesia (3), Italy (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), United States (15: Louisiana, Mississippi, Washington)
• Eocene of Ukraine (1), United States (13: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of United States (1: California)
• Cretaceous of United States (5: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 49 collections including 53 occurrences