Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Synonyms: Bacillastraea, Baryhelia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857, Hexasmilia de Fromentel 1870, Miyakosimilia Eguchi 1936, Miyakosmilia Eguchi 1936, Pachycoenia , Paronastraea Beauvais 1977, Paronastrara Beauvais 1977
Parent taxon: Heterocoeniidae according to R.C. Baron-Szabo 2021
See also Alloiteau 1952, Baron-Szabo 2002, Baron-Szabo 2006, Baron-Szabo 2009, Baron-Szabo 2016, López-Pérez 2005, Löser 2008, Sepkoski 2002, Squires and Demetrion 1992 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Acanthogyra, Canleria, Castiglionastrea, Confusaforma, Elasmocoenia, Heterosmilia, Hexasmiliopsis, Latusastrea, Pachythecophyllia, Styloheterocoenia
Subtaxa: Heterocoenia bacellaris Heterocoenia balkhanensis Heterocoenia decipiens Heterocoenia dendroides Heterocoenia densa Heterocoenia distans Heterocoenia erecta Heterocoenia exigua Heterocoenia fuchsi Heterocoenia gracilis Heterocoenia grandis Heterocoenia hilli Heterocoenia inflexa Heterocoenia minima Heterocoenia minuta Heterocoenia minutisima Heterocoenia pusilla Heterocoenia tetraseptata Heterocoenia verrucosa Heterocoenia washitaensis Hexasmilia elmari Hexasmilia ferryi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), Senegal (1)
• Paleocene of Slovakia (1)
• Cretaceous of Armenia (1), Austria (5), Bulgaria (2), France (2), Georgia (1), Germany (2), Greece (4), Japan (5), Mexico (2), the Netherlands (3), Romania (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (7), Switzerland (2), Turkmenistan (1), United States (2: Texas)
• Jurassic of France (1), Italy (1), Lebanon (1)
Total: 47 collections including 61 occurrences
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