Paraplacocoenia Beauvais 1982 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Astrogyra, Neocoenia, Placocoenia, Placocoeniopsis, Taxogyra

Subtaxa: Paraplacocoenia pruvosti Paraplacocoenia rotula

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Italy (1 collection), the Netherlands (1)

• Cretaceous of Austria (2), Bulgaria (2), Germany (1), Greece (1), Iran (1), Jamaica (1), the Netherlands (4), Oman (1), Serbia (3), Spain (1), the United Arab Emirates (5)

Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence

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