Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Parent taxon: Rhipidogyridae according to E. Roniewicz 1976
See also Beauvais 1970 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aplosmiliinae, Astreoidogyra, Barysmilia, Bodeurina, Columellogyra, Cymosmilia, Orbignygyra, Paraacanthogyra, Phytogyra, Placohelia, Pruvostastraea, Psammogyra, Pseudoironella, Psilogyra, Rhipidogyrinae, Rhipidomeandra, Rhipidosmilia, Saltocyathus, Somalica, Starostinia
Subtaxa: Tiaradendron germinans Tiaradendron quenstedti
Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
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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