Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae
Synonym: Kologyra Wells 1937
Parent taxon: Aplosmiliidae according to B. Lathuilière 2024
See also Baron-Szabo 2009, Lauxmann 1991, Pandey and Fürsich 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Aplosmilia, Astreoidogyra, Bodeurina, Columellogyra, Columnogyra, Cymosmilia, Ogilvinella, Phytogyra, Pruvostastraea, Psammogyra, Rhipidogyra, Rhipidosmilia, Starostinia, Tiaradendron
Subtaxa: Placogyra aldingeri Placogyra brevimaeandra Placogyra elegans Placogyra felixi Placogyra hykeli Placogyra kuehni Placogyra parelegans
Type: Placogyra felixi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (7 collections), China (1), Georgia (2), Spain (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1)
• Jurassic of Czechia (1), Germany (2), Iran (1), Montenegro (1), Poland (2), Portugal (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 22 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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