†family Chonostegitidae Lecompte 1952 (tabulate coral)
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Chonostegitidae
Parent taxon: Syringoporicae according to D. Hill 1981
Sister taxa: Gorskyitidae, Multithecoporidae, Periphaceloporidae, Roemeriidae, Syringoporidae, Tetraporellidae, Thecostegitidae
Subtaxa: Chonostegites
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (2: Indiana)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence