Pseudomyriophyllia Morycowa 1971 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Eugyridae

Full reference: E. Morycowa. 1971. Hexacorallia et Octocorallia du Cretace Inferieur de Rarau (Carpathes Orientales Roumaines) [Early Cretaceous hexacorals and octocorals from Rarau (Eastern Carpathians, Romania)]. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 16(1-2):3-149

Parent taxon: Eugyridae according to H. Löser 2010

See also Baron-Szabo 1997 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Eohydnophora, Eugyra, Myriophyllia

Subtaxa: Pseudomyriophyllia carpathica Pseudomyriophyllia oshimaensis

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Type: Pseudomyriophyllia carpathica

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Georgia (2), Greece (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Kenya (1), Mexico (3), Romania (1), Spain (1), Tanzania (4)

Total: 16 collections including 18 occurrences

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