†Platycoenia iranica Schuster 2002 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Full reference: F. Schuster. 2002. Scleractinian corals from the Oligocene of the Qom Formation (Esfahan-Sirjan fore-arc basin, Iran). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 239:5-55
Belongs to Platycoenia according to Schuster 2002
Sister taxa: Platycoenia jacksonensis, Platycoenia tarbellensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Abadeh, Leptoseris-Stylophora assemblage, Iran, which is in a Chattian shallow subtidal limestone in the Qom Formation of Iran
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Greece (1 collection), Iran (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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