Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Parent taxon: Caryophylliidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Squires 1984
Sister taxa: Annoticyathus, Anomocora, Antillocyathus, Asterosmilia, Aulocyathus, Axocyathus, Bourneotrochus, Caryosmilia, Ceratotrochus, Citharocyathus, Coelosmilia, Coenocyathus, Conotrochus, Crispatotrochus, Cyathoceras, Dasmosmilia, Deltocyathus, Desmophyllinae, Discoidocyathus, Eusmiliinae, Goniocorella, Helloceras, Heterocyathus, Kraterostrobilos, Lophelia, Odontocyathoides, Oxysmilia, Paracyathus, Parasmiliinae, Parasmilinae, Placocyathus, Polycyathus, Solenosmilia, Thecocyathinae, Trochocyathus, Turbinoliinae, Vaughanella, Vielicyathus
Subtaxa: Caryophyllia Dendrocyathus Leptocyathus Lophosmilia Stephanocyathus Stephanosmilia Stylocyathus
Type: Caryophyllia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (9 collections), Indonesia (2), Italy (3), Japan (6), New Zealand (1), Taiwan (1), United States (6: Alaska, California), Vanuatu (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Philippines (1), Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (6), Italy (4), Japan (1), New Zealand (2), United States (2: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of Austria (2), Belgium (1), Brazil (4), the Czech Republic (1), France (4), Germany (8), Grenada (3), Indonesia (9), Iran (1), Italy (6), Japan (1), Moldova (1), Morocco (2), the Netherlands (4), New Zealand (15), Pakistan (1), Poland (6), Portugal (2), Romania (2), Slovakia (2), Spain (2)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), France (2), Germany (3), Hungary (7), Iran (1), the Netherlands (4), New Zealand (3), United States (9: Oregon, Washington), Venezuela (1)
• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (2)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Austria (1), France (1), Hungary (4), Indonesia (1), Italy (3), Mexico (3), New Zealand (6), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), Tonga (1), United States (7: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Oregon, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of Azerbaijan (1), Denmark (2), Egypt (2), Greenland (7), the Netherlands (1), Pakistan (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), United States (30: Texas)
• Cretaceous of Australia (2), China (3), the Czech Republic (6), Denmark (1), Germany (2), Greenland (3), India (2), Libya (1), Madagascar (5), the Netherlands (3), Senegal (1), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (1), South Africa (1), Switzerland (1), United States (14: Arizona, Arkansas, Mississippi, New Mexico, Texas)
• Jurassic of the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Germany (4), Hungary (1), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Tunisia (2)
Total: 294 collections including 417 occurrences