Parent taxon: Scleractinia according to R. C. Baron-Szabo 1997
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, 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, Rhipidogyrina, 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, Thamnastraea, Thecoseriopsis, Thecosmiliidae, Thigmastrea, Trachyphylliidae, Tropiastraea, Tropiastraeidae
Subtaxa: Brachyphylliidae Cunnolitidae Ebrayia Latomeandridae Leptophylliidae Negoporitidae
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (1 collection), Pakistan (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), Italy (1), Spain (1)
• Eocene of Czechia (1), Germany (1), Hungary (4), India (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Pakistan (2), Papua New Guinea (1), Spain (2), United States (2: California, Washington)
• Paleocene of Egypt (1), the Netherlands (2), Pakistan (2), Somalia (1)
• Cretaceous of Austria (15), Azerbaijan (3), Bulgaria (24), Chile (1), China (8), Croatia (4), Czechia (18), Egypt (1), France (27), Georgia (12), Germany (10), Greece (15), Hungary (1), India (3), Iran (6), Jamaica (9), Japan (8), Libya (1), Madagascar (3), Mexico (16), the Netherlands (8), Oman (12), Pakistan (2), Poland (7), Portugal (2), Romania (5), Saudi Arabia (8), Serbia (16), Slovakia (2), Slovenia (11), Somalia (1), Spain (27), Sweden (1), Switzerland (16), Tanzania (6), Trinidad and Tobago (3), Tunisia (1), Turkmenistan (13), Türkiye (2), Ukraine (8), the United Arab Emirates (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (15: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas), Uzbekistan (1), Venezuela (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1), China (1), Japan (6), Poland (1), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of Afghanistan (6), Algeria (3), Argentina (2), Azerbaijan (9), Belarus (1), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (5), Chile (12), China (4), Croatia (1), Czechia (9), Egypt (1), Ethiopia (12), France (143), Georgia (12), Germany (26), Greece (2), India (9), Indonesia (3), Iran (26), Israel (1), Italy (10), Japan (6), Jordan (4), Lebanon (1), Luxembourg (1), Madagascar (7), Mexico (1), Montenegro (1), Morocco (19), Myanmar (1), North Atlantic (2), Poland (32), Portugal (55), Romania (13), the Russian Federation (6), Saudi Arabia (24), Serbia (4), Slovakia (5), Slovenia (19), Somalia (2), Spain (10), Switzerland (21), Tajikistan (6), Tanzania (4), Thailand (6), Tunisia (10), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (24), Uzbekistan (6)
• Triassic of Austria (5), China (2), India (3), Indian Ocean (1), Iran (1), Italy (4), Mexico (1), Nepal (1), Peru (1), Slovenia (2), United States (13: Alaska, California, Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 1022 collections including 2691 occurrences