Placotrochus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Parent taxon: Flabellidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Squires and Demetrion 1992
Sister taxa: Adkinsella, Blastotrochus, Conosmilia, Cycloflabellum, Flabellum, Gardineria, Javania, Monomyces, Periplacotrochus, Rhizotrochus, Truncatoflabellum
Subtaxa: Placotrochus alveolus Placotrochus lonsdalei Placotrochus texanus
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Mexico (1), North Atlantic (1), Pakistan (1)
• Cretaceous of China (1), United States (2: Texas)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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