Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Synonyms: Caryophyllia agatdalensis Floris 1972, Caryophyllia dumblei Vaughan and Popenoe 1935
Full reference: T. W. Vaughan and W. P. Popenoe. 1935. The coral fauna of the Midway Eocene of Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin 3301:325-349
Belongs to Caryophyllia according to Vaughan and Popenoe 1935
See also Kuzmicheva 1987
Sister taxa: Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus), Caryophyllia (Ceratocyathus), Caryophyllia (Premocyathus), Caryophyllia aequalis, Caryophyllia alaskensis, Caryophyllia arnoldi, Caryophyllia blakeleyensis, Caryophyllia calcitrapa, Caryophyllia californica, Caryophyllia calveri, Caryophyllia capayensis, Caryophyllia charrieri, Caryophyllia cladaxis, Caryophyllia clavus, Caryophyllia comanchei, Caryophyllia constricta, Caryophyllia crassicosta, Caryophyllia dalli, Caryophyllia degenerans, Caryophyllia denaria, Caryophyllia dentonensis, Caryophyllia gracilis, Caryophyllia granulosa, Caryophyllia inops, Caryophyllia japonica, Caryophyllia konincki, Caryophyllia lamellifera, Caryophyllia leptaxis, Caryophyllia mcglameryae, Caryophyllia neglecta, Caryophyllia oregonensis, Caryophyllia paucipaliata, Caryophyllia pedroensis, Caryophyllia pentaradiata, Caryophyllia quadragintaseptae, Caryophyllia salinaria, Caryophyllia sarsiae, Caryophyllia sciolzensis, Caryophyllia scobinosa, Caryophyllia simplex, Caryophyllia sismondai, Caryophyllia smithii, Caryophyllia suevica, Caryophyllia texana, Caryophyllia truncata, Caryophyllia vermicularis, Caryophyllia woodmanensis, Caryophyllia wynoocheensis
Type specimens:
- Caryophyllia mediavia: Its type locality is USGS 10527 Colorado River, which is in a Danian coastal claystone in the Wills Point Formation of Texas
- Caryophyllia agatdalensis: Its type locality is Agatdalen, oyster-ammonite conglomerate, Nugssuaq, West Greenland, which is in a Danian coastal conglomerate in Greenland.
- Caryophyllia dumblei: Its type locality is USGS 11948 Mexia, which is in a Danian coastal sandstone in the Kincaid Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Azerbaijan (1 collection), Egypt (1), Greenland (1), United States (25: Texas)
• Cretaceous of Greenland (1)
Total: 29 collections including 34 occurrences
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