Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Synonym: Plocophyllia Reuss 1868
Parent taxon: Euphyllidae according to J.E.N. Veron 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Ctenella, Fimbriaphyllia, Galaxea, Gyrosmilia, Montigyra, Simplastrea, Catalaphyllia
Subtaxa: Euphyllia caliculata Euphyllia crassiramosa Euphyllia donatoi Euphyllia fimbriata Euphyllia glabrescens Euphyllia romani Plocophyllia gregaria
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Eritrea (1), Indonesia (2), Japan (2), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1), Japan (1), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene of France (1), Greece (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (1), Italy (1)
• Oligocene of Greece (3), Italy (11), Slovenia (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Greece (1)
• Eocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Hungary (4), India (1), Italy (4), Libya (1), Pakistan (1), Romania (1), Slovenia (2), Spain (2)
• Paleocene of Costa Rica (1), Pakistan (1), Slovenia (2)
Total: 52 collections including 63 occurrences
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