†Psammohelia Fromentel 1861 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Synonym: Pseudoheliastraea
Parent taxon: Stylininae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Baron-Szabo 2009 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Heliocoenia
Subtaxa: Psammohelia dendroidea Psammohelia gibbosa Psammohelia jaccardi Psammohelia pluricostata
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Jamaica (1), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (1)
• Jurassic of France (2)
Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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