Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Synonym: Discosmilia Alloiteau 1958
Parent taxon: Caryophylliidae according to G. Wienrich 1997
See also Baron-Szabo 2002, Baron-Szabo 2008 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Annoticyathus, Anomocora, Antillocyathus, Asterosmilia, Aulocyathus, Axocyathus, Bourneotrochus, Caryophylliinae, Caryosmilia, Ceratotrochus, Citharocyathus, Coelosmilia, Coenocyathus, Conotrochus, Crispatotrochus, Cyathoceras, Dasmosmilia, Desmophyllinae, Discoidocyathus, Eusmiliinae, Goniocorella, Helloceras, Heterocyathus, Kraterostrobilos, Lophelia, Odontocyathoides, Oxysmilia, Paracyathus, Parasmiliinae, Parasmilinae, Placocyathus, Polycyathus, Solenosmilia, Thecocyathinae, Trochocyathus, Turbinoliinae, Vaughanella, Vielicyathus
Subtaxa: Deltocyathus australis Deltocyathus complanatus Deltocyathus fontinalis Deltocyathus heteroclitus Deltocyathus insperatus Deltocyathus italicus Deltocyathus lens Deltocyathus stellaris Deltocyathus taiwanicus Deltocyathus tuberculatus Deltocyathus verconis Deltocyathus whitei
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Vanuatu (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (4), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (6), Grenada (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (4), Malaysia (1), Morocco (2), Poland (1), Romania (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (2), France (1), Hungary (2), United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Cote D'Ivoire (3), Tonga (1)
• Paleocene of Egypt (1), United States (2: California)
• Cretaceous of Madagascar (1), New Zealand (3)
Total: 45 collections including 47 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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