†Atopocoenia Wells 1974 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1974. A new genus of scleractinian coral from the Early Tertiary of Venezuela. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 84(1):377-379
Parent taxon: Astrocoeniinae according to J. W. Wells 1974
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Adegokeastrea, Platycoenia
Subtaxa: Atopocoenia kugleri
Type: Atopocoenia kugleri
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Los Bagres, Isla Margarita (Oligocene of Venezuela)
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