Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Parent taxon: Heterocoeniina according to E. Morycowa and D. Decrouez 2006
See also Baron-Szabo 2006 and Götz et al. 2005
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Acanthogyra Baryhelia Canleria Castiglionastrea Confusaforma Cuneiphyllia Elasmocoenia Heterocoenia Heterosmilia Hexasmiliopsis Latusastrea Pachythecophyllia Preverastraea Preverastraeopsis Styloheterocoenia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), Senegal (1)
• Paleocene of Slovakia (1)
• Cretaceous of Armenia (1), Austria (5), Bulgaria (3), China (3), Czechia (3), France (5), Georgia (4), Germany (5), Greece (6), Hungary (1), Italy (5), Jamaica (1), Japan (12), Mexico (10), the Netherlands (3), Poland (5), Romania (2), Serbia (3), Slovenia (1), Spain (13), Switzerland (4), Tanzania (3), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (2), United States (3: Texas)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Japan (2), Poland (1)
• Jurassic of Czechia (3), Ethiopia (2), France (1), Georgia (1), Germany (3), Iran (2), Italy (3), Japan (1), Lebanon (1), Poland (2), Portugal (3), Slovenia (2), Spain (1)
Total: 135 collections including 195 occurrences