Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Full reference: S. D. Cairns. 2017. New azooxanthellate genus of Scleractinia (Flabellidae) from the Australian Cenozoic. Journal of Paleontology 91(3):407-416
Parent taxon: Flabellidae according to S. D. Cairns 2017
Sister taxa: Adkinsella, Blastotrochus, Conosmilia, Cycloflabellum, Flabellum, Gardineria, Javania, Monomyces, Placotrochus, Rhizotrochus, Truncatoflabellum
Subtaxa: Periplacotrochus corniculatus Periplacotrochus cudmorei Periplacotrochus deltoideus Periplacotrochus elegans Periplacotrochus elongatus Periplacotrochus inflectus Periplacotrochus magnus Periplacotrochus pueblensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Australia (4)
• Eocene of Australia (3)
• Paleocene of France (1)
Total: 9 collections including 15 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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