Parent taxon: Scleractinia according to H. Löser 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, Rhipidogyrina, Rhopalophyllia, Saeptiphyllia, Sakalavastraeopsis, Saltastraea, Sclydolithus, Siderocoenia, Siliningastraea, Sinasteria, Siniastraea, Smilostyliidae, Solenocoeniidae, Streptocyathopsis, Streptocyathus, Stylophyllina, Substuoresia, Thamnasteria cycloides, Thamnasteria komagataensis, Thamnasteria maxima, Thamnasteria protoserioides, Thamnasteria rikuzenica, Thamnasteriidae, Thamnasterites, Thecoseriopsis, Thigmastrea, Trachyphylliidae, Tropiastraea, Tropiastraeidae
Subtaxa: Agatheliidae Cladophylliidae Cyathophoridae Euheliidae Euhellidae Stylinidae
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Miocene of Panama (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Libya (1)
• Eocene of Germany (1), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Pakistan (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Somalia (2)
• Paleocene of Nigeria (1), Puerto Rico (1), Slovakia (1)
• Cretaceous of Albania (1), Armenia (1), Australia (1), Austria (16), Azerbaijan (1), Bulgaria (26), Chile (2), China (13), the Czech Republic (15), Egypt (3), France (21), Georgia (16), Germany (10), Greece (16), Hungary (1), India (1), Iran (4), Jamaica (9), Japan (8), Madagascar (2), Mexico (25), New Zealand (4), Oman (2), Peru (1), Poland (8), Romania (4), Saudi Arabia (2), Serbia and Montenegro (10), Slovakia (2), Slovenia (2), Spain (19), Switzerland (12), Tanzania (4), Trinidad and Tobago (3), Tunisia (1), Turkey (2), Turkmenistan (5), Ukraine (5), the United Arab Emirates (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (7: Texas), Uzbekistan (1), Venezuela (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1), China (1), Japan (7), Poland (2), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of Algeria (5), Argentina (4), Austria (1), Azerbaijan (24), Belarus (1), Bulgaria (3), Canada (1: Nova Scotia), Chile (9), China (9), Colombia (1), Croatia (1), the Czech Republic (12), Eritrea (1), Ethiopia (16), France (99), Georgia (15), Germany (26), Greece (2), Hungary (1), India (6), Indonesia (8), Iran (14), Italy (6), Japan (5), Jordan (2), Lebanon (1), Luxembourg (1), Madagascar (7), Mexico (2), Morocco (12), Myanmar (1), Oman (1), Poland (24), Portugal (55), Romania (9), the Russian Federation (7), Saudi Arabia (7), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Slovakia (5), Slovenia (22), Somalia (5), Spain (9), Switzerland (18), Tajikistan (2), Thailand (3), Tunisia (17), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (18), United States (1: Arkansas), Uzbekistan (10)
• Triassic of China (4), Italy (3)
Total: 839 collections including 2111 occurrences