Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Synonym: Orbignycoenia
Parent taxon: Cyathophoridae according to R.C. Baron-Szabo 2021
See also Baron-Szabo 2002, Kiessling 2003, Pandey and Fürsich 2003, Roniewicz 1976, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Amphiphora, Columellophora, Cryptocoenia, Elasmophora, Holocystis, Pentacoenia
Subtaxa: Cyathophora alveolata Cyathophora babaevi Cyathophora bangoinensis Cyathophora bourgueti Cyathophora cesaredensis Cyathophora corallina Cyathophora densata Cyathophora denseta Cyathophora depravata Cyathophora dollfussi Cyathophora faveolata Cyathophora globosa Cyathophora gomangcoensis Cyathophora gresslyi Cyathophora haysensis Cyathophora kobyi Cyathophora micrommatos Cyathophora mirtschinkae Cyathophora neocomiensis Cyathophora olssoni Cyathophora parva Cyathophora parvistella Cyathophora pironae Cyathophora pulchella Cyathophora steimanni Cyathophora steinmanni Cyathophora thurmanni Cyathophora tithonica
Type: Cyathophora richardi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), Bulgaria (5), Chile (1), China (4), Czechia (1), France (3), Georgia (2), Germany (5), Greece (1), Iran (2), Japan (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (7), Poland (6), Romania (3), Serbia (4), Spain (4), Switzerland (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Ukraine (3), United States (2: Texas), Venezuela (1)
• Jurassic of Azerbaijan (3), Bulgaria (1), Czechia (4), France (4), Georgia (2), Germany (9), India (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (2), Italy (2), Morocco (1), Poland (1), Portugal (13), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), Switzerland (2), Tunisia (2), Turkmenistan (1), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 116 collections including 139 occurrences
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