Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Parent taxon: Merulinidae according to W. Kiessling 2021
See also Löser 2010, Sepkoski 2002, Turnsek 1997 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Anisocoenia, Antiguastrea, Aquitanastraea, Astrea, Australogyra, Bikiniastrea, Boninastrea, Cladocora, Coelastrea, Cyphastrea, Dictuophyllia, Diplogyra, Dipsastraea, Echinopora, Edwardsastraea, Erythrastrea, Favites, Goniastrea, Hydnophora, Hydnophyllia, Leptoria, Liptodendron, Merulina, Monticulastraea, Mycedium, Orbicella, Oulophyllia, Paraclavarina, Paragoniastrea, Paraleptoria, Paramontastraea, Parastrea, Pectinia, Phacellocoenia, Platygyra, Plavecia, Scapophyllia, Tarbellastraea, Trachyphyllia, Echinomorpha, Fungophyllia, Antillophyllia
Subtaxa: Procladocora arnaudi
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Serbia (2), Slovenia (1), Somalia (1), Spain (2)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Poland (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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