Defrancia Alloiteau 1957 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Parent taxon: Faviidae according to J. P. Chevalier 1961

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Agathiphylliinae, Dactylosmilia, Dictyoastraea, Favia, Hadrophyllia, Ksiazkiewiczia, Montastreinae, Sakalavastraea, Solenastrea, Thysanus

Subtaxa: Defrancia irregularis Defrancia tamarisensis

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-microcarnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (4 collections), Italy (1), Libya (1)

• Oligocene of Libya (1)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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