Goniocora Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Parent taxon: Stylinidae according to L. Beauvais 1986

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956

Sister taxa: Acanthocoenia, Adelocoenia, Aplophyllia, Australoseris, Bilaterocoenia, Convexastrea, Cyathophorinae, Eugyriopsis, Euheliinae, Proaplophyllia, Procyathophora, Pseudocoeniinae, Pseudocoeniopsis, Schizosmiliopsis, Sinaimeandra, Stylina, Stylininae, Stylohelia, Stylosmilia

Subtaxa: Goniocora annulata Goniocora pumila Goniocora socialis

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mexico (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Croatia (1), the Czech Republic (1), Georgia (1), Germany (14), India (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (1), Japan (1), Morocco (2), Poland (5), Portugal (13), Romania (3), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (4), Spain (2), Switzerland (1), Tunisia (2), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 58 collections including 64 occurrences

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