†Defrancia Alloiteau 1957 (stony coral)
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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
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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