Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Parent taxon: Caryophylliidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Okulitch 1950, Sepkoski 2002, Vaughan 1904 and Wells 1941
Sister taxa: Annoticyathus, Anomocora, Antillocyathus, Asterosmilia, Aulocyathus, Axocyathus, Bourneotrochus, Caryophylliinae, Caryosmilia, Ceratotrochus, Citharocyathus, Coelosmilia, Coenocyathus, Conotrochus, Crispatotrochus, Cyathoceras, Dasmosmilia, Deltocyathus, Desmophyllinae, Discoidocyathus, Eusmiliinae, Goniocorella, Helloceras, Heterocyathus, Kraterostrobilos, Lophelia, Odontocyathoides, Oxysmilia, Parasmiliinae, Parasmilinae, Placocyathus, Polycyathus, Solenosmilia, Thecocyathinae, Trochocyathus, Turbinoliinae, Vaughanella, Vielicyathus
Subtaxa: Paracyathus adetos Paracyathus alternatus Paracyathus altus Paracyathus bastropensis Paracyathus bellus Paracyathus crassus Paracyathus cylindricus Paracyathus granulosus Paracyathus henekeni Paracyathus incrustans Paracyathus javana Paracyathus nannodes Paracyathus pedroensis Paracyathus peruvianus Paracyathus procumbens Paracyathus ravni Paracyathus rugosus Paracyathus sinuosus Paracyathus stearnsii Paracyathus stokesii Paracyathus tasmanicus Paracyathus taurinensis Paracyathus turonensis Paracyathus vaughani Paracyathus vaughani
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Indonesia (1 collection), Italy (1), United States (2: California)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Mexico (1), Panama (7), United States (5: California, Florida, South Carolina)
• Miocene of Australia (1), the Czech Republic (1), the Dominican Republic (3), France (7), Indonesia (3), Italy (3), Mexico (1), Morocco (1), Poland (1)
• Oligocene of Myanmar (1), United States (2: Washington)
• Eocene of Italy (1), Peru (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (27: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of Austria (2), Egypt (1), Somalia (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (6: Alabama, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Sweden (1), United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 93 collections including 112 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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