Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae
Parent taxon: Placocoeniidae according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
See also Baron-Szabo 2021 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Astrogyra, Neocoenia, Paraplacocoenia, Placocoeniopsis, Taxogyra
Subtaxa: Placocoenia heimi Placocoenia hideshimaensis Placocoenia macrophthalma Placocoenia major Placocoenia ohinataensis Placocoenia perroni Placocoenia robusta Placocoenia tanohataensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene to Miocene of Iran (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Austria (3), Azerbaijan (1), Chile (3), Greece (2), Iran (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (4), Mexico (3), the Netherlands (5), Serbia (1), Somalia (1), Switzerland (2)
Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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