Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae
Parent taxon: Placocoeniidae according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Astrogyra, Neocoenia, Paraplacocoenia, Placocoeniopsis, Taxogyra
Subtaxa: Placocoenia heimi Placocoenia hideshimaensis Placocoenia macrophthalma Placocoenia major Placocoenia ohinataensis Placocoenia robusta Placocoenia tanohataensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (4 collections), Azerbaijan (1), Chile (3), Greece (2), Iran (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (4), Mexico (3), the Netherlands (5), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Somalia (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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