Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Full reference: H. Gerth. 1923. Die Anthozoenfauna des JungtertiÃĪrs von Borneo [Anthozoa from the Upper Tertiary of Borneo]. Sammlungen des Geologischen Reichsmuseums in Leiden, serie 1 10:37-136
Parent taxon: Pectiniidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anisocoenia, Antiguastrea, Aquitanastraea, Astrea, Australogyra, Bikiniastrea, Boninastrea, Cladocora, Coelastrea, Cyphastrea, Dictuophyllia, Diplogyra, Dipsastraea, Echinopora, Edwardsastraea, Erythrastrea, Favites, Goniastrea, Hydnophora, Hydnophyllia, Leptoria, Liptodendron, Merulina, Monticulastraea, Mycedium, Orbicella, Oulophyllia, Paraclavarina, Paragoniastrea, Paraleptoria, Paramontastraea, Parastrea, Pectinia, Phacellocoenia, Platygyra, Plavecia, Procladocora, Scapophyllia, Tarbellastraea, Trachyphyllia, Echinomorpha, Antillophyllia
Subtaxa: Fungophyllia aspera Fungophyllia explanata Fungophyllia millepunctata Fungophyllia monstrosa
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Miocene of Indonesia (10 collections), Iran (3), Israel (1), Panama (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (4), Jamaica (1)
Total: 22 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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