Anthozoa - Auloporida - Thecostegitidae
Parent taxon: Syringoporicae according to D. Hill 1981
See also Murray 1985
Sister taxa: Chonostegitidae, Gorskyitidae, Multithecoporidae, Periphaceloporidae, Roemeriidae, Syringoporidae, Tetraporellidae
Subtaxa: Duncanopora Groessensia Neoroemeria Ortholites Tetraporella Thecostegites Verolites
Type: Thecostegites
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Norway (2 collections)
• Carboniferous to Permian of Norway (1)
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Wyoming)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (2), Australia (1), Belgium (1), China (1), France (4), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Alaska), Vietnam (2)
• Silurian of United States (1: Alaska)
• Ordovician of China (1), the Russian Federation (4)
Total: 25 collections including 26 occurrences