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, Desmophyllinae, Discoidocyathus, Goniocorella, Helloceras, Heterocyathus, Kraterostrobilos, Lophelia, Odontocyathoides, Oxysmilia, Paracyathus, Parasmiliinae, Parasmilinae, Placocyathus, Polycyathus, Solenosmilia, Thecocyathinae, Trochocyathus, Turbinoliinae, Vaughanella, Vielicyathus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (2 collections)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Hungary (2), Italy (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Egypt (2), Pakistan (2)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Austria (2), Azerbaijan (1), China (1), the Czech Republic (5), Germany (1), Greece (1), Iran (1), Kazakhstan (5), Libya (2), Madagascar (5), the Netherlands (1), Oman (1), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Spain (2), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (8), United States (3: New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 55 collections including 63 occurrences