Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Parent taxon: Caryophylliinae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Squires and Demetrion 1992
Sister taxa: Caryophyllia, Dendrocyathus, Leptocyathus, Lophosmilia, Stephanosmilia, Stylocyathus
Subtaxa: Stephanocyathus (Acinocyathus) Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) Stephanocyathus holcombensis Stephanocyathus magnificus Stephanocyathus tatei
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (1), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Grenada (1), Indonesia (3), Italy (2), Japan (1), New Zealand (6)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Iran (1), New Zealand (3), United States (1: Washington)
• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of Austria (1), Mexico (3), New Zealand (3)
• Paleocene of Greenland (2)
• Cretaceous of Greenland (1)
Total: 35 collections including 41 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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