†Paraplacocoenia Beauvais 1982 (stony coral)
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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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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