Periseris Ferry 1870 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Parent taxon: Latomeandridae according to E. Morycowa and M. Misik 2005

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956

Sister taxa: Aggomorphastraea, Brachyseris, Collignonastraea, Comophyllia, Digitosmilia, Dimorphastrea, Ellipsocoenia, Fungiaphyllia, Fungiastraea, Latiastrea, Latomeandra, Loboseris, Microphyllia, Microphylliopsis, Mixastraea, Ovalastrea, Thalamocaeniopsis, Thamnoseris, Trigerastraea, Trochoplegmopsis, Valliculastraea, Vallimeandra

Subtaxa: Periseris crassisepta Periseris elegantula Periseris frondescens Periseris renevieri

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (2 collections), Georgia (1), Germany (1), Greece (1), Iran (1), Jamaica (1), Pakistan (2), Spain (1), Switzerland (2), Turkmenistan (2)

• Jurassic of France (47), Germany (1), India (2), Iran (4), Jordan (2), Luxembourg (1), Morocco (1), Slovakia (1), Switzerland (1)

Total: 74 collections including 79 occurrences

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