Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Full reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1900. The Eocene and lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretaceous species. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 39:1-263
Belongs to Trochocyathus according to T. W. Vaughan 1900
Sister taxa: Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus), Trochocyathus (Platycyathus), Trochocyathus adelaidensis, Trochocyathus balanophylloides, Trochocyathus cingulatus, Trochocyathus coloradoensis, Trochocyathus crooki, Trochocyathus egerius, Trochocyathus gardnerae, Trochocyathus hanzawai, Trochocyathus harveyanus, Trochocyathus hemisphaericus, Trochocyathus imparipartitus, Trochocyathus imperialis, Trochocyathus infracompressus, Trochocyathus lakii, Trochocyathus laminus, Trochocyathus maplestonei, Trochocyathus mediterraneus, Trochocyathus mexicanum, Trochocyathus microphyes, Trochocyathus microphyllus, Trochocyathus mitratus, Trochocyathus nomlandi, Trochocyathus oregonensis, Trochocyathus paliscus, Trochocyathus perarmatus, Trochocyathus pergranulatus, Trochocyathus persicus, Trochocyathus planicostatus, Trochocyathus plicatus, Trochocyathus pyrenaicus, Trochocyathus revolutus, Trochocyathus sachalinensis, Trochocyathus schmidti, Trochocyathus sellardsi, Trochocyathus sismondae, Trochocyathus speciosus, Trochocyathus stantoni, Trochocyathus sublaevis, Trochocyathus taylorensis, Trochocyathus thorenti, Trochocyathus townsendensis, Trochocyathus uber, Trochocyathus wilkinsoni, Trochocyathus wiltshirei, Trochocyathus wintoni, Trochocyathus woolmani, Paratrochocyathus conulus, Paratrochocyathus collignoni, Paratrochocyathus crassus, Paratrochocyathus cupuliformis, Paratrochocyathus androiavensis, Paratrochocyathus jasmundi, Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) acutus, Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) valceppiensis, Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) michelottii, Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) chevalieri, Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) duncani, Tethocyathus prahli
Type specimen: Its type locality is De Soto Station, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Lisbon Formation of Mississippi
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore