Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Parent taxon: Acroporidae according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acropora, Alveopora, Anacropora, Astreopora, Bacarella, Diplocoenia, Etallonasteria, Gravieropsammia, Isopora, Montipora, Palaestraeopora, Paretallonia
Subtaxa: Dendracis bifaria Dendracis cantabrigiensis Dendracis mammillosa Dendracis micrantha Dendracis nodosa Dendracis seriata
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Indonesia (2 collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of Madagascar (2), the Marshall Islands (2), Somalia (5)
• Oligocene of France (1), Italy (6)
• Eocene of Croatia (2), Hungary (2), Italy (2), Jamaica (4), Panama (1), Slovenia (1), Somalia (2)
• Paleocene of Somalia (1)
Total: 34 collections including 39 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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