Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Synonym: Diplothecophyllia Alloiteau 1952
Parent taxon: Rhipidogyridae according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002, Turnsek 1997 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Aplosmiliinae, Barysmilia, Ogilviella, Ogilviella, Paraacanthogyra, Placohelia, Pseudoironella, Psilogyra, Rhipidogyrinae, Rhipidomeandra, Saltocyathus, Somalica
Subtaxa: Orbignygyra daedalea Orbignygyra incognita Orbignygyra latisinuata Orbignygyra salisburgensis Orbignygyra tenella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Madagascar (1 collection), Slovakia (1)
• Cretaceous of Austria (1), Bulgaria (1), Georgia (1), Germany (1), Greece (1), Oman (1), Poland (2), Slovenia (1), Spain (3), Türkiye (1), the United Arab Emirates (1)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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