Oxypora Saville-Kent 1871 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Parent taxon: Lobophylliidae according to Dai and Horng 2009
See also Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Acanthastrea, Australomussa, Cynarina, Echinophyllia, Lobophyllia, Moseleya, Symphyllia
Subtaxa: Oxypora glabra Oxypora lacera
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Indonesia (1 collection), Japan (2)
• Pliocene of Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1), Turkey (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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