Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Alternative combinations: Dictyaraea elegans, Goniaraea elegans, Porites elegans
Synonyms: Goniopora nomlandi Wells 1941, Porites superposita Duncan 1880
Belongs to Goniopora according to E. I. Kuzmicheva 1987
See also Baron-Szabo 2000, Baron-Szabo 2008, López-Pérez 2005, Reuss 1868 and Wells 1941
Sister taxa: Goniopora affinis, Goniopora aldrichi, Goniopora ameliana, Goniopora astraeoides, Goniopora bieskidensis, Goniopora calhounensis, Goniopora christianiaensis, Goniopora ciliatus, Goniopora columna, Goniopora daxitertia, Goniopora decaturensis, Goniopora djiboutiensis, Goniopora globulosa, Goniopora granosa, Goniopora hilli, Goniopora imperatoris, Goniopora katzeri, Goniopora laurina, Goniopora lobata, Goniopora lubinensis, Goniopora micrantha, Goniopora microscopica, Goniopora microsiderea, Goniopora minor, Goniopora nodulosa, Goniopora norfolkensis, Goniopora octopartita, Goniopora palmensis, Goniopora panamensis, Goniopora planulata, Goniopora polyformis, Goniopora regularis, Goniopora retifera, Goniopora reussiana, Goniopora rudis, Goniopora savignyi, Goniopora somaliensis, Goniopora stokesi, Goniopora stutchburyi, Goniopora tenella, Goniopora tenuidens, Goniopora turonensis, Goniopora vaughani, Goniopora websteri
Distribution:
• Miocene of Egypt (1 collection)
• Oligocene of France (1), Italy (6), Spain (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1), Peru (1), Spain (4)
• Paleocene of Italy (1), Pakistan (1), Slovenia (1), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1)
• Cretaceous of Austria (1), Iran (1), Oman (2)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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