Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae
Alternative combinations: Astrea rotula, Cryptocoenia rotula, Montastrea rotula, Orbicella rotula
Synonyms: Cyphastrea orbignyana Reuss 1854, Paraplacocoenia orbignyana Reuss 1854, Placocoenia dumortieri de Fromentel 1879, Placocoenia orbignyana Reuss 1854
Belongs to Paraplacocoenia according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
See also Baron-Szabo 1999 and Leloux 1999
Sister taxon: Paraplacocoenia pruvosti
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Italy (1 collection), the Netherlands (1)
• Cretaceous of Austria (2), Bulgaria (2), Germany (1), Jamaica (1), the Netherlands (4), Oman (1), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Spain (1), the United Arab Emirates (5)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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