Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Parent taxon: Caryophylliidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Squires 1984
Sister taxa: Annoticyathus, Anomocora, Antillocyathus, Asterosmilia, Aulocyathus, Axocyathus, Bourneotrochus, Caryosmilia, Ceratotrochus, Citharocyathus, Coelosmilia, Coenocyathus, Conotrochus, Crispatotrochus, Cyathoceras, Dasmosmilia, Deltocyathus, Desmophyllinae, Discoidocyathus, Eusmiliinae, Goniocorella, Helloceras, Heterocyathus, Kraterostrobilos, Lophelia, Odontocyathoides, Oxysmilia, Paracyathus, Parasmiliinae, Parasmilinae, Placocyathus, Polycyathus, Solenosmilia, Thecocyathinae, Trochocyathus, Turbinoliinae, Vaughanella, Vielicyathus
Subtaxa: Caryophyllia Dendrocyathus Leptocyathus Lophosmilia Stephanocyathus Stephanosmilia Stylocyathus
Type: Caryophyllia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (8 collections), Indonesia (2), Italy (3), Japan (6), New Zealand (1), North Atlantic (1), South Atlantic (7), Taiwan (1), United States (6: Alaska, California), Vanuatu (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Philippines (1), Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (6), Italy (4), Japan (1), New Zealand (2), United States (2: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), Brazil (4), Czechia (1), France (4), Germany (8), Grenada (3), Hungary (1), Indonesia (9), Iran (1), Italy (6), Japan (1), Moldova (1), Morocco (2), the Netherlands (4), New Zealand (15), Pakistan (1), Poland (6), Portugal (2), Romania (2), Slovakia (2), Spain (2)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), France (2), Germany (3), Hungary (7), Iran (1), the Netherlands (4), New Zealand (3), United States (9: Oregon, Washington), Venezuela (1)
• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (2)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Austria (1), France (1), Hungary (4), Indonesia (1), Italy (3), Mexico (3), New Zealand (6), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), Tonga (1), United States (7: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Oregon, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of Azerbaijan (1), Denmark (2), Egypt (2), Greenland (7), the Netherlands (1), Pakistan (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), United States (30: Texas)
• Cretaceous of Australia (2), China (3), Czechia (6), Denmark (1), Germany (2), Greenland (3), India (2), Libya (1), Madagascar (5), the Netherlands (3), Senegal (1), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (1), South Africa (1), Switzerland (1), United States (14: Arizona, Arkansas, Mississippi, New Mexico, Texas)
• Jurassic of Czechia (1), France (1), Germany (4), Hungary (1), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Tunisia (2)
Total: 300 collections including 425 occurrences