Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Parent taxon: Dendrophylliidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Faustino 1931 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aplopsammia, Areopsammia, Astroides, Balanophyllia, Bathypsammia, Blastozopsammia, Cahuzacopsammia, Cairnsipsammia, Calostylopsis, Dichopsammia, Duncanopsammia, Eguchipsammia, Enallopsammia, Endopachys, Endopsammia, Heteropsammia, Lamellophyllia, Leptopsammia, Lobopsammia, Makridinophyllia, Notophyllia, Paleoastroides, Reussopsammia, Rhabdopsammia, Rhizopsammia, Stereopsammia, Stichopsammia, Thecopsammia, Tubastraea, Turbinaria, Wadeopsammia
Subtaxa: Dendrophyllia amica Dendrophyllia araguensis Dendrophyllia boschmai Dendrophyllia californiana Dendrophyllia candelabrum Dendrophyllia cladocoracea Dendrophyllia cornigera Dendrophyllia cowlitzensis Dendrophyllia dendrophylloides Dendrophyllia digitalis Dendrophyllia dudleyi Dendrophyllia epithecata Dendrophyllia globulina Dendrophyllia guidottii Dendrophyllia hannibali Dendrophyllia koiwaii Dendrophyllia lisbonensis Dendrophyllia longaeva Dendrophyllia multigemmata Dendrophyllia nodosa Dendrophyllia oahensis Dendrophyllia oldroydi Dendrophyllia oroseiensis Dendrophyllia pahiensis Dendrophyllia paroniana Dendrophyllia peruviana Dendrophyllia striata Dendrophyllia subcornigera Dendrophyllia taurinensis Dendrophyllia tejonensis Dendrophyllia trifurcata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (3 collections), Indonesia (1), Italy (2), United States (3: California), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (4), Italy (2), United States (3: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of New Zealand (1)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Brazil (2), the Czech Republic (1), Egypt (2), France (16), Germany (3), Grenada (1), Iran (1), Italy (6), Japan (1), Morocco (2), New Zealand (6), Poland (2), Portugal (2), Romania (1), Somalia (6), Spain (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of France (3), Myanmar (1), Somalia (5), United States (3: California, Washington)
• Eocene of New Zealand (2), Peru (1), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (2), Ukraine (1), United States (14: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Washington)
• Paleocene of Denmark (15), Egypt (1), Greenland (3), Italy (1), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (7), Slovenia (26), Somalia (1), Spain (2), Sweden (1), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Alabama)
• Cretaceous of China (1), Jamaica (1), the Netherlands (1), the United Arab Emirates (2)
Total: 177 collections including 212 occurrences
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