Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Alternative spelling: Pepenocyathus
Synonyms: Cylindrophyllia Yabe and Eguchi 1937, Discotrochus (Cylindrophyllia) Yabe and Eguchi 1937, Truncatocyathus Stolarski 1992
Parent taxon: Turbinoliidae according to S. D. Cairns 1997
See also Berndt and Welle 1995, Kiessling 2014, Sepkoski 2002, Wells 1956 and Wienrich 1997
Sister taxa: Alatotrochus, Alveolocyathus, Australocyathus, Bothrophoria, Conocyathus, Cyathotrochus, Deltocyathoides, Foveolocyathus, Holcotrochus, Laminocyathus, Nicaeotrochus, Palocyathus, Paradeltocyathus, Sphenotrochus, Trematotrochus, Tropidocyathus, Turbinolia, Wellsotrochus
Subtaxa: Peponocyathus duncani Peponocyathus folliculus Peponocyathus lecomptei Peponocyathus minimus Peponocyathus orientalis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (12 collections), Taiwan (1), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene of Japan (2), Taiwan (2)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), France (3), Germany (13), Japan (1), the Netherlands (3), New Zealand (1), Poland (4)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), the Netherlands (2)
Total: 48 collections including 51 occurrences
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