Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Synonyms: Brachytrochus Duncan 1876, Bracytrochus, Stephanoseris Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Parent taxon: Caryophylliidae according to J.E.N. Veron 2000
See also Kiessling 2004, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1954
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, Kraterostrobilos, Lophelia, Odontocyathoides, Oxysmilia, Paracyathus, Parasmiliinae, Parasmilinae, Placocyathus, Polycyathus, Solenosmilia, Thecocyathinae, Trochocyathus, Turbinoliinae, Vaughanella, Vielicyathus
Subtaxa: Heterocyathus aequicostatus Heterocyathus carthausi Heterocyathus elberti Heterocyathus japonicus Heterocyathus mai Heterocyathus priscus
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Fiji (1 collection), India (1), Indonesia (2), Japan (6), Kenya (2), Taiwan (1), Vanuatu (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (6), the Philippines (1), Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (7), Japan (1), Taiwan (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (4)
• Cretaceous of France (1)
Total: 39 collections including 48 occurrences
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