Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Parent taxon: Fungiidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Axoseris, Cantharellus, Ctenactis, Cycloseris, Danafungia, Discotrochus, Fungia, Funginellastraea, Halomitra, Heliofungia, Herpolitha, Hydnophyllon, Leptophyllon, Lobactis, Parahalomitra, Pleuractis, Podabacia, Polyphyllia, Reussiphyllon, Sandalolitha, Zoopilus
Subtaxa: Lithophyllon mokai Lithophyllon priorum Lithophyllon repanda Lithophyllon undulatum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Egypt (1 collection), Eritrea (2), Japan (8), Saudi Arabia (4), Sudan (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Saudi Arabia (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Iran (2), Tanzania (1)
• Eocene of Ukraine (2)
Total: 25 collections including 26 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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