†family Pachyphyllidae Beauvais 1982 (stony coral)
Parent taxon: Fungiina according to R. C. Baron-Szabo 1997
Sister taxa: Acrosmiliidae, Agariciicae, Andemantastraeidae, Astraeomorphidae, Astraraeidae, Dermosmiliidae, Fungiacyathidae, Fungiicae, Funginellidae, Haplaraeidae, Kobyastraeidae, Poriticae, Procyclolitidae, Rhipidastraeidae, Siderastreidae, Synastraeidae, Thamnasteriidae
Subtaxa: Neocaeniopsis, Pachyphyllia
Type: Pachyphyllia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic