†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 and Montenegro (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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