Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Synonym: Favioseris Wells 1934
Parent taxon: Meandrinidae according to W. Kiessling 2021
See also Baron-Szabo 2006, Baron-Szabo 2016, Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor 2009, López-Pérez 2005, Löser 2012 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Dichocoeniinae, Euphylliinae, Eusmilia, Meandrina, Meandrininae, Progyrosmilia
Subtaxa: Dichocoenia aenigma Dichocoenia alabamensis Dichocoenia anomalos Dichocoenia caloosahatcheensis Dichocoenia eminens Dichocoenia stokesi Dichocoenia tuberosa
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (4 collections), Barbados (1), Belize (1), Cayman Islands (8), Costa Rica (14), the Dominican Republic (10), Haiti (1), Jamaica (4), Mexico (1), Montserrat (1), the Netherlands Antilles (5), Panama (16), United States (4: Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (4), Jamaica (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (13), Haiti (1), Jamaica (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), the Dominican Republic (4), Haiti (2), Iran (2), Panama (10)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)
• Cretaceous of Germany (2), Jamaica (3), Mexico (1)
Total: 120 collections including 143 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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