Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Parent taxon: Meandrinidae according to J.E.N. Veron 2000
See also López-Pérez 2005, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Dichocoenia, Dichocoeniinae, Euphylliinae, Meandrina, Meandrininae, Progyrosmilia
Subtaxa: Eusmilia bainbridgensis Eusmilia carrizensis Eusmilia fastigiata
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (1 collection), Barbados (2), Belize (1), Cayman Islands (7), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (9), the Dominican Republic (5), Haiti (1), Jamaica (3), Mexico (1), the Netherlands Antilles (1), Panama (10), United States (4: Florida, Texas)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (1)
• Pliocene of the Bahamas (2), Costa Rica (1), Haiti (1), Jamaica (1), United States (1: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Germany (1)
• Oligocene of France (2), United States (2: Washington)
Total: 59 collections including 60 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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