Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Parent taxon: Dendrophylliidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aplopsammia, Areopsammia, Astroides, Balanophyllia, Bathypsammia, Blastozopsammia, Cahuzacopsammia, Cairnsipsammia, Calostylopsis, Dendrophyllia, Dichopsammia, Duncanopsammia, Eguchipsammia, Enallopsammia, Endopachys, Endopsammia, Heteropsammia, Lamellophyllia, Leptopsammia, Makridinophyllia, Notophyllia, Paleoastroides, Reussopsammia, Rhabdopsammia, Rhizopsammia, Stereopsammia, Stichopsammia, Thecopsammia, Tubastraea, Turbinaria, Wadeopsammia
Subtaxa: Lobopsammia cariosa
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Czech Republic (2 collections), France (1), Ukraine (1)
• Paleocene of Iran (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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