Gyrodendron Quenstedt 1880 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae

Parent taxon: Calamophylliidae according to J. W. Wells 1956

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Antilloseris, Baryphyllia, Calamophyllia, Ferrya, Gonioseris, Protoseris, Rabdastrea, Sematethmos, Stiboria, Viminohelia

Subtaxa: Gyrodendron boltonae Gyrodendron lobatum Gyrodendron proliferum Gyrodendron serbica

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Jamaica (7 collections), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (1)

• Jurassic of Georgia (1), Germany (3), Portugal (2), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 16 collections including 18 occurrences

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