Pleurocora Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae

Synonyms: Latohelia Löser 1987, Phyllohelia Alloiteau 1952, Psammiophora Fromentel 1870

Parent taxon: Haplaraeidae according to R. C. Baron-Szabo 1997

See also Baron-Szabo 2002, Baron-Szabo 2008, Bernecker 1996, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956

Sister taxa: Actinaraea, Camptodocis, Confusastraraea, Diplaraea, Haplaraeinae, Leptophyllaraea, Meandraraea, Meandrophylliinae, Physoseris, Pseudofavia, Summigaraea

Subtaxa: Pleurocora arachnoides Pleurocora coalescens Pleurocora djalilovi Pleurocora explanata Pleurocora haueri Pleurocora reptans

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Ukraine (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Austria (7), Croatia (1), the Czech Republic (2), Germany (1), Greece (1), the Netherlands (3), Spain (2), Tajikistan (1), Ukraine (1), United States (4: Texas)

Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence

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