Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Synonyms: Dichocaeniopsis Alloiteau 1957, Placogyropsis Alloiteau 1957
Parent taxon: Rhipidogyridae according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
See also Baron-Szabo 2002, Kiessling 2008 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aplosmiliinae, Astreoidogyra, Bodeurina, Columellogyra, Cymosmilia, Orbignygyra, Paraacanthogyra, Phytogyra, Placohelia, Pruvostastraea, Psammogyra, Pseudoironella, Psilogyra, Rhipidogyrinae, Rhipidomeandra, Rhipidosmilia, Saltocyathus, Somalica, Starostinia, Tiaradendron
Subtaxa: Barysmilia brevicaulis Barysmilia iberica Barysmilia irregularis Barysmilia trechmanni Barysmilia vicentina
Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Eocene of Italy (3), Panama (1)
• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (1), Georgia (1), Jamaica (11), Mexico (1), Oman (1), Portugal (2), Spain (1), the United Arab Emirates (2)
Total: 25 collections including 26 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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