Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Parent taxon: Caryophylliidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Annoticyathus, Anomocora, Antillocyathus, Asterosmilia, Aulocyathus, Axocyathus, Bourneotrochus, Caryophylliinae, Caryosmilia, Ceratotrochus, Citharocyathus, Coelosmilia, Coenocyathus, Conotrochus, Crispatotrochus, Cyathoceras, Dasmosmilia, Deltocyathus, Discoidocyathus, Eusmiliinae, Goniocorella, Helloceras, Heterocyathus, Kraterostrobilos, Lophelia, Odontocyathoides, Oxysmilia, Paracyathus, Parasmiliinae, Parasmilinae, Placocyathus, Polycyathus, Solenosmilia, Thecocyathinae, Trochocyathus, Turbinoliinae, Vaughanella, Vielicyathus
Subtaxa: Dasmia Dasmiopsis Desmophyllum Stelloria Tiarasmilia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (5 collections), Greece (12), Italy (1), Maldives (2), North Atlantic (1)
• Miocene of France (1), Germany (1), Grenada (2), Italy (4), Spain (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Eocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (1), Spain (3), Tonga (1), United States (1: Oregon)
• Paleocene of Egypt (2), Greenland (1), Nigeria (1)
• Cretaceous of China (3), Denmark (1), France (1), Greece (3), Iran (1), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (1), Madagascar (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (1), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (2), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 61 collections including 79 occurrences