†Elasmocoenia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Synonym: Latusastraeopsis Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 1997
Parent taxon: Heterocoeniidae according to E. Morycowa and A. Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002
See also Kiessling 2014, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Acanthogyra, Canleria, Castiglionastrea, Confusaforma, Heterocoenia, Heterosmilia, Hexasmiliopsis, Latusastrea, Pachythecophyllia, Styloheterocoenia
Subtaxa: Elasmocoenia mitzopoulosi Elasmocoenia rubrolineata
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Greece (1 collection), Italy (5), Jamaica (1), Mexico (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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