Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Parent taxon: Fungiidae according to Wells 1956
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1940
Sister taxa: Axoseris, Cantharellus, Ctenactis, Cycloseris, Danafungia, Fungia, Funginellastraea, Halomitra, Heliofungia, Herpolitha, Hydnophyllon, Leptophyllon, Lithophyllon, Lobactis, Parahalomitra, Pleuractis, Podabacia, Polyphyllia, Reussiphyllon, Sandalolitha, Zoopilus
Subtaxa: Discotrochus astericus Discotrochus californicus Discotrochus cylindricus Discotrochus hoelzli Discotrochus michelottii Discotrochus pateriformis Discotrochus pseudoduncani
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Brazil (3 collections), Germany (4), Italy (1), the Marshall Islands (2), Slovakia (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1), United States (41: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of Greenland (1)
Total: 55 collections including 58 occurrences
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