Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Parent taxon: Caryophylliidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
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, Paracyathus, Parasmiliinae, Placocyathus, Polycyathus, Solenosmilia, Thecocyathinae, Trochocyathus, Turbinoliinae, Vaughanella, Vielicyathus
Subtaxa: Faksephyllia Parasmilia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (3 collections)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), France (1), Italy (1)
• Eocene of Australia (1), France (3), Hungary (2), Italy (2), Poland (1), Slovenia (1), United States (1: Louisiana)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Azerbaijan (1), Denmark (4), Egypt (1), France (1), Greenland (4), Iran (4), Kazakhstan (1), Poland (1), Sweden (1), Ukraine (1)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Bulgaria (2), Denmark (1), Egypt (3), Germany (6), India (1), Kazakhstan (2), Libya (3), Madagascar (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), Senegal (1), Sweden (1), Switzerland (2), Turkmenistan (2), Ukraine (8), United States (8: Texas)
• Jurassic of Germany (1)
Total: 83 collections including 93 occurrences