Madrepora Linne 1758 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae

Synonym: Amphelia

Parent taxon: Oculinidae according to Filkorn 1994

See also Sepkoski 2002, Veron et al. 1977 and Wells 1956

Sister taxa: Astrhelia, Bantamia, Bathelia, Ennallohelia, Galaxeinae, Oculina, Oculininae, Palaeohelia, Schizoculina, Sclerhelia

Subtaxa: Madrepora (Amphihelia) Madrepora bureaui Madrepora costata Madrepora granulata Madrepora kauaiensis Madrepora mississippiensis Madrepora mitsukurii Madrepora natchitochensis Madrepora oculata Madrepora poculata Madrepora porcellana Madrepora profunda Madrepora punctulata Madrepora solida Madrepora vasseuri Madrepora vicksburgensis

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (6 collections), Ireland (1), Italy (2), Maldives (2), North Atlantic (1), United States (1: Florida), Vanuatu (2)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (1), Italy (1), United States (1: California)

• Miocene of France (1), Grenada (1), Indonesia (4), Italy (3), Japan (1), New Zealand (1), Spain (1)

• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)

• Oligocene of France (1), Hungary (4), New Zealand (1), United States (1: Mississippi)

• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (1)

• Eocene of France (3), Italy (1), New Zealand (6), Tonga (1), United States (3: Louisiana, Texas)

• Paleocene of Antarctica (2), Argentina (3), New Zealand (1)

• Cretaceous of Poland (3)

Total: 62 collections including 71 occurrences

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