Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Alternative spelling: Dendrophyllia (Petrophyllia)
Synonym: Archohelia Vaughan 1919
Parent taxon: Oculininae according to Cairns 2008
See also Conrad 1855, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1999, Squires 2001 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Cyathelia, Diblasus, Diplhelia, Haplohelia
Subtaxa: Dendrophyllia (Petrophyllia) arkansensis Petrophyllia clarki Petrophyllia dartoni Petrophyllia gardnerae Petrophyllia limonensis Petrophyllia rediviva Petrophyllia remisovi Petrophyllia vernonensis Petrophyllia weaveri
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (2 collections), United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of United States (15: Louisiana, Mississippi, Washington)
• Eocene of Ukraine (1), United States (13: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of United States (1: California)
• Cretaceous of United States (5: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 40 collections including 41 occurrences
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