Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Synonym: Pleurocyathus Keferstein 1859
Parent taxon: Turbinoliidae according to S. D. Cairns 1997
See also Berndt and Welle 1995, Kiessling 2014, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Alatotrochus, Alveolocyathus, Australocyathus, Bothrophoria, Cyathotrochus, Deltocyathoides, Foveolocyathus, Holcotrochus, Laminocyathus, Nicaeotrochus, Palocyathus, Paradeltocyathus, Peponocyathus, Sphenotrochus, Trematotrochus, Tropidocyathus, Turbinolia, Wellsotrochus
Subtaxa: Conocyathus (Chingchingocyathus) Conocyathus cyclocostatus Conocyathus daniae Conocyathus sulcatus Conocyathus togoensis Conocyathus turbinolioides Conocyathus zelandiae
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (5 collections), Italy (2)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), France (1), Germany (2), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of France (4), the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene of Nigeria (1)
Total: 18 collections including 20 occurrences
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