Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae
Parent taxon: Micheliniidae according to S. Niko et al. 2018
See also Murray 1985
Sister taxa: Granulidictyinae, Michelinopora, Praemichelinia, Protomichelinia, Turnacipora
Subtaxa: Beaumontia Conopoterium Cystodendropora Cystomichelinia Dendrozoum Holacanthopora Julfamichelinia Kerforneidictyum Michelinia Petridictyum Pleurodictyum Tabellaephyllum Tectamichelinia
Type: Michelinia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Permian of Armenia (6 collections), Azerbaijan (13), Bolivia (3), Canada (1: Nunavut), China (34), Indonesia (1), Iran (16), Malaysia (2), Pakistan (7), Slovenia (1), United States (1: California)
• Carboniferous of Algeria (2), Australia (5), Canada (1: Yukon), China (2), the Czech Republic (2), Egypt (1), Ireland (4), Mexico (2), Morocco (6), the Netherlands (3), Poland (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (53), United States (31: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah)
• Devonian to Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)
• Devonian of Algeria (1), Australia (19), Bolivia (4), Brazil (1), Canada (3: Ontario), China (1), Colombia (3), the Czech Republic (3), France (4), Germany (18), Luxembourg (2), Morocco (3), New Zealand (4), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (5), Spain (4), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (57: Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee), Venezuela (4)
• Silurian to Devonian of Argentina (1)
• Silurian of Argentina (4), Australia (5), Bolivia (1), Tajikistan (1), United States (7: California, Kentucky, Wisconsin)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
Total: 362 collections including 416 occurrences