Eugyra Fromentel 1857 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Eugyridae

Parent taxon: Eugyridae according to R.C. Baron-Szabo 2021

See also Baron-Szabo 1997 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Eohydnophora, Myriophyllia, Pseudomyriophyllia

Subtaxa: Eugyra (Felixigyra) Eugyra affinis Eugyra arasensis Eugyra besavotrensis Eugyra borrachensis Eugyra casanovai Eugyra clavisepta Eugyra cotteaui Eugyra crassisepta Eugyra cuyleri Eugyra digitata Eugyra interrupta Eugyra lanckoronensis Eugyra magnus Eugyra neocomiensis Eugyra ngariensis Eugyra pusilla Eugyra rara Eugyra rariseptata Eugyra sugiyamai Eugyra turnsekae

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Type: Eugyra cotteaui

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Albania (1 collection), Austria (3), Chile (1), China (2), France (14), Georgia (7), Germany (8), Greece (7), Hungary (1), Iran (2), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (13), Kenya (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (9), Poland (7), Romania (3), Serbia and Montenegro (7), Slovenia (1), Spain (8), Switzerland (3), Tanzania (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Turkmenistan (6), Ukraine (3), United States (3: Arizona, Texas), Venezuela (5)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1)

• Jurassic of Serbia and Montenegro (1)

Total: 123 collections including 207 occurrences

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