Rhizotrochus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae

Parent taxon: Flabellidae according to M. E. Johnson et al. 1995

Sister taxa: Adkinsella, Blastotrochus, Conosmilia, Cycloflabellum, Flabellum, Gardineria, Javania, Monomyces, Periplacotrochus, Placotrochus, Truncatoflabellum

Subtaxa: Rhizotrochus tuberculatus

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution: found only at Bootenall Limestone, Tamala Formation, Cape Burney (Quaternary of Australia)

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