Full reference: E. Roniewicz. 1976. Les scléractiniaires du Jurassique supérieur de la Dobrogea centrale, Roumanie. Palaeontologia Polonica 34:17-121
Parent taxon: Scleractinia according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
Sister taxa: Adekoheastrea, Agathiphylliidae, Amphiastraeina, Annotocyathus, Anomopora, Apelismilia, Aplocyathus, Aplosmiliidae, Archaeocoeniina, Archaeofungiina, Archaeolasmogyra, Archaeosmiliidae, Astraeoina, Astrocoeniina, Aulastraeoporidae, Bavarosmilia, Budiopsis, Calameastolia, Carantophyllum, Carcicocaenia, Caryophylliina, Chorisastraea, Clausastraeopsis, Clonosmilia, Coelomeandra, Comoseriidae, Coscinaraeidae, Cyclastraeidae, Cyclindrocyathus, Cylindrosmilia, Cynaria, Decaheliocoenia, Dendrophylliina, Desmocoenia, Dichotomosmilia, Diploastraeidae, Diplothecangia, Distichophylliina, Ebocotrochus, Eburneotrochus, Eckastraeidae, Edwardsomeandra, Epitrochus, Etalloniopsis, Euphylliidae, Eupsammidae, Eusmiliopsis, Fasciatiphyllia, Fasciseris, Faviina, Favitopsis, Felixaraeoidea, Fungiina, Furcophyllia, Gallitellia, Gardineroseris, Gombertiphyllia, Haplareidae, Hedeliastraea, Heliostylina, Helladophyllia, Heterocoeniina, Houchangocyathus, Isastraeidae, Isphyllastrea, Karatchastraea, Kobycoenia, Lamellomeandra, Lepiconus, Leptastreidae, Lithodendron, Lobophylliidae, Lupitschia, Mareastraea, Meandriina, Microsolenina, Miophora, Mioscapophyllia, Misistelloidea, Montastraeidae, Morchellastraea, Ondadiplocteniopsis, Oulastreidae, Pachyphylliidae, Pachysmilia, Pachythecaliina, Palaeophyllia, Palaeoseris, Palaeosmilia, Paracoryphyllia, Parastraeomorpha, Parastraeopora, Parepismiliidae, Phylloseriopsis, Phyllosmilioidea, Plerogyridae, Plesiastreidae, Pleuropodia, Psammocyathus, Pyramisasteria, Reisocyathus, Reussiphyllia, Rhabdofavia, Rhopalophyllia, Saeptiphyllia, Sakalavastraeopsis, Saltastraea, Sclydolithus, Siderocoenia, Siliningastraea, Sinasteria, Siniastraea, Smilostyliidae, Solenocoeniidae, Streptocyathopsis, Streptocyathus, Stylinina, Stylophyllina, Substuoresia, Thamnasteria cycloides, Thamnasteria komagataensis, Thamnasteria maxima, Thamnasteria protoserioides, Thamnasteria rikuzenica, Thamnasteriidae, Thamnasterites, Thecoseriopsis, Thigmastrea, Trachyphylliidae, Tropiastraea, Tropiastraeidae
Subtaxa: Placophylliidae Rhipidogyridae Trochoidomeandridae
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Eocene of Italy (3), Libya (1), Panama (1)
• Paleocene of Madagascar (1), Slovakia (1)
• Cretaceous of Austria (7), Bulgaria (15), China (1), the Czech Republic (7), France (3), Georgia (4), Germany (2), Greece (3), Hungary (1), Jamaica (14), Japan (1), Mexico (5), Oman (2), Poland (5), Portugal (2), Romania (1), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Slovenia (3), Spain (10), Switzerland (1), Tunisia (1), Turkey (1), Turkmenistan (2), Ukraine (1), the United Arab Emirates (2)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1), Japan (2)
• Jurassic of Bulgaria (1), China (1), Croatia (1), the Czech Republic (7), Ethiopia (2), France (14), Georgia (7), Germany (13), India (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (5), Italy (5), Japan (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (3), Poland (11), Portugal (28), Romania (3), the Russian Federation (3), Saudi Arabia (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (6), Spain (4), Switzerland (4), Tajikistan (2), Tunisia (1), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 241 collections including 378 occurrences