†Tiaradendron Quenstedt 1857 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae
Parent taxon: Aplosmiliidae according to B. Lathuilière 2024
See also Beauvais 1970, Roniewicz 1976 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aplosmilia, Astreoidogyra, Bodeurina, Columellogyra, Columnogyra, Cymosmilia, Ogilvinella, Phytogyra, Placogyra, Pruvostastraea, Psammogyra, Rhipidosmilia, Starostinia
Subtaxa: Tiaradendron germinans Tiaradendron quenstedti
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (4 collections)
• Jurassic of China (1), Germany (7), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Romania (1)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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