Parent taxon: Cyanophyta according to R. Riding 1991
Sister taxa: Abruptophycus, Acaciella, Agamus, Aldania, Alternella, Alternia, Angarophycus, Antiquophytolithus, Archaeothrix, Arenarina, Artophycus, Aulophycus, Basisphaera, Beltanelliformis, Bevocastria, Borlogella, Brachypleganon, Bursiphycas, Calevia, Calothricites, Calyptophycus, Camasia, Catinella, Chabakoviacea, Chomentovskia, Chomustachia, Cirriphycus, Cladogirvanella, Coccogoneae, Columnaria, Crustophycus, Cyanostroma, Cycularia, Cystostroma, Eoaphanothece, Eoepiphyton, Eophormidium, Eucaspsiphora, Fibrostroma, Filiphycus, Fillostroma, Flexia, Galinia, Georgiana, Glomeophycus, Gouldina, Grenularia, Gruneria, Hecetaphyton, Hormogoneae, Hormosporites, Katernia, Kostinophycus, Lamellophycus, Lamellostroma, Leptophycus, Lermontovaephycus, Lopatinella, Madiganites, Maldeotaina, Manacyathus, Mansurkella, Marpolia, Microcystopsis, Morania, Mussooriella, Myxococcoides, Nerusiandella, Oncobyrsella, Palaeomicrocystis, Paleocalothrix, Paleoisocystis, Papulophycus, Perennaria, Phanerosphaerops, Pilbaria, Platella, Plexostroma, Polybessurus, Protoepiphyton, Ramulostroma, Ramulus, Rhyniella, Scandophycus, Schizothropsis, Shanganella, Sphaerina, Sphaerothallus, Stigonematales, Subtifloria, Talakania, Tarioufetia, Telastroma, Trichostroma, Tubercularia, Tumidophyton, Tunikata, Tuxekanella, Uluksanella, Vesicularia, Vittophyton, Oscillatoriacea, Antiquus, Sigmopollis, Myxophyceae, Cyanophyceae, Somphospongia, Rothpletzella, Cladophorites, Millaria, Sphaerocodium, Callosicoccus, Setula, Lithocodium, Desmekalamos
Subtaxa: Iberopora Rectangulina
Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), Czechia (1), Spain (1), Türkiye (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Japan (1)
• Jurassic of Austria (1), Germany (2), Slovakia (1)
• Triassic of Austria (1), Iran (1), Italy (2), Slovakia (1)
• Carboniferous of Australia (1), Austria (1), Belgium (2), Ireland (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Arkansas)
Total: 23 collections including 24 occurrences