†family Micheliniidae Waagen and Wentzel 1886 (tabulate coral)
Parent taxon: Favositicae according to D. Hill 1981
Sister taxa: Agetolitidae, Cleistoporidae, Multisoleniidae, Palaeacidae, Pseudofavositidae, Syringolitidae, Vaughaniidae
Subtaxa: Granulidictyinae, Michelinia, Micheliniinae, Michelinopora, Praemichelinia, Protomichelinia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic