Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Synonyms: Coronocyathus Alloiteau and Tissier 1958, Frescocyathus Barta-Calmus 1969, Monticyathus Alloiteau and Tissier 1958, Steriphonotrochus Vaughan 1900
Parent taxon: Turbinoliidae according to J. Alloiteau and J. Tissier 1958
See also Baron-Szabo 2008, Kiessling 2008, Sepkoski 2002, Vaughan 1920 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Alatotrochus, Alveolocyathus, Australocyathus, Bothrophoria, Conocyathus, Cyathotrochus, Deltocyathoides, Foveolocyathus, Holcotrochus, Laminocyathus, Nicaeotrochus, Palocyathus, Paradeltocyathus, Peponocyathus, Sphenotrochus, Trematotrochus, Tropidocyathus, Turbinolia, Wellsotrochus
Subtaxa: Bathycyathus corneti Bathycyathus laevigatus Bathycyathus lloydi Bathycyathus matheroni Bathycyathus piveteaui Bathycyathus pulcher Bathycyathus termofurae
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Brazil (2 collections), Italy (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), United States (1: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Cote D'Ivoire (4)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Greenland (1), Iran (2)
• Cretaceous of Austria (1), Iran (2), Ukraine (3), United States (2: North Dakota, Texas)
Total: 21 collections including 29 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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