†Stereocaenia Alloiteau 1952 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Alternative spelling: Stereocoenia
Parent taxon: Thamnasteriidae according to W. Kiessling 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Corbariastraea, Dendrastrea, Dimorphofungia, Mesomorpha, Polyastropsis, Recticostastraea, Thamnasteria
Subtaxa: Stereocaenia araneola Stereocaenia triboleti
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (6 collections), Bulgaria (1), Poland (4), Switzerland (1), Turkmenistan (2)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Poland (1)
• Jurassic of France (5), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 24 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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