Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Parent taxon: Agariciidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Agaricia, Coeloseris, Cyathoseris, Helioseris, Heterogyra, Hydnophoroseris, Lamellofungia, Leptoseris, Maeandrella, Mioseris, Monticuliphyllia, Morphastrea, Ogilviastraea, Pavona, Plocoastraea, Trochoseris, Trochoseropsis, Valloria, Vaughanoseris
Subtaxa: Pachyseris (Pavonaraea) Pachyseris affinis Pachyseris compacta Pachyseris cristata Pachyseris curvata Pachyseris denticulata Pachyseris distans Pachyseris irregularis Pachyseris rugosa Pachyseris speciosa
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (11 collections), Eritrea (1), French Polynesia (5), Indonesia (3), Japan (15), Kenya (4), New Caledonia (3), Taiwan (1), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (2), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (7), Japan (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Taiwan (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (4)
• Miocene of Fiji (2), France (1), Indonesia (8), Iran (2), Pakistan (1), Papua New Guinea (2), Tanzania (1)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Croatia (1)
Total: 81 collections including 93 occurrences
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