Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Parent taxon: Caryophylliidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Annoticyathus, Anomocora, Antillocyathus, Asterosmilia, Aulocyathus, Axocyathus, Bourneotrochus, Caryophylliinae, Caryosmilia, 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: Ceratotrochus (Edwardsotrochus) Ceratotrochus clinatus Ceratotrochus exiguus Ceratotrochus exilis Ceratotrochus ginginensis Ceratotrochus halli Ceratotrochus kefersteini Ceratotrochus magnaghii Ceratotrochus multiserialis Ceratotrochus multispinosus Ceratotrochus supracretacea
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of Australia (4), the Dominican Republic (1), France (2), Italy (5), Morocco (3), the Netherlands (1), Poland (3), Portugal (3), South Africa (1)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (2), France (2), Hungary (3), Iran (2)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Spain (4)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (1), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Libya (1), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 53 collections including 84 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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