Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae
Alternative spellings: Dendrarea, Dendraroea
Full reference: A. D'Orbigny. 1849. Note sur les polypiers fossiles. 3-12
Parent taxon: Comoseridae according to S.D. Cairns et al. 2010
See also Baron-Szabo 2002, Draganescu and Beauvais 1985, Fischer 1969, Kiessling 2008, Lathuilière 2024, Pandey and Fürsich 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Araiophyllum, Chomatoseris, Dactylaraea, Dermoseris, Dimorpharaea, Disaraea, Eocomoseris, Genabacia, Kobya, Litharaeopsis, Microsolena, Microsolenastraea, Mycetaraea, Partimeandra, Semeloseris, Tricycloseris, Trocharea, Trochoplegma, Hydnophoromeandraraea, Comoseris
Subtaxa: Dendraraea anzoateguensis Dendraraea dendroidea Dendraraea excelsa Dendraraea mammelonata Dendraraea pauciradiata Dendraraea racemosa Dendrarea pulchella
Type: Alveoipora racemosa
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Czechia (2 collections), Mexico (2), Serbia (1), Ukraine (1), Venezuela (1)
• Jurassic of Azerbaijan (1), Czechia (2), France (42), Iran (1), Morocco (1), Romania (2), Slovakia (5), Switzerland (3), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 68 collections including 70 occurrences
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