Pachygyra Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Parent taxon: Meandrininae according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aulosmilia, Diploctenium, Flabellosmilia, Glenarea, Nefophyllia, Phragmosmilia, Phyllosmilia, Strotogyra

Subtaxa: Pachygyra krameri Pachygyra princeps Pachygyra savii Pachygyra tuberosa

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), Hungary (1), Italy (8)

• Paleocene of Egypt (1), Iran (1), Pakistan (1), Slovenia (2), Somalia (1)

• Cretaceous of Austria (1), Germany (1), Greece (1), Jamaica (5), Mexico (1)

• Jurassic of Iran (1), Spain (1)

Total: 27 collections including 35 occurrences

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