Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placophylliidae
Parent taxon: Placophylliidae according to E. Morycowa and M. Misik 2005
See also Roniewicz 1976, Sepkoski 2002 and Turnsek 1997
Sister taxon: Diplocoeniella
Subtaxa: Placophyllia amnica Placophyllia bandeli Placophyllia blastemon Placophyllia crassa Placophyllia curvata Placophyllia dianthus Placophyllia florosa Placophyllia grata Placophyllia mikaikarivensis Placophyllia minima Placophyllia rugosa
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Eocene of Libya (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Austria (4), Bulgaria (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Mexico (2), Poland (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (2), Switzerland (1), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1)
• Jurassic of Bulgaria (1), Croatia (1), the Czech Republic (5), Georgia (2), Germany (7), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), Poland (3), Portugal (15), the Russian Federation (2), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (5), Tajikistan (2)
Total: 67 collections including 79 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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