Parisis (gorgonian)
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Anthozoa - Gorgonacea - Parisididae
Parent taxon: Parisididae according to R. L. Squires and R. A. Demetrion 1992
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Parisis batequensis Parisis brevis Parisis erratica Parisis melitensis Parisis miranda Parisis steenstrupi Parisis vertebralis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (4 collections)
• Oligocene of Italy (1), Somalia (1)
• Eocene of Germany (2), Mexico (1), Spain (1), Tonga (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (1), Turkmenistan (2), Ukraine (1)
• Cretaceous of Ukraine (1)
Total: 18 collections including 22 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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