Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Parent taxon: Merulinidae according to W. Kiessling 2021
See also Alloiteau and Tissier 1958, Baron-Szabo 2006 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anisocoenia, Antiguastrea, Aquitanastraea, Astrea, Australogyra, Bikiniastrea, Boninastrea, Cladocora, Coelastrea, Cyphastrea, Dictuophyllia, Diplogyra, Dipsastraea, Echinopora, Edwardsastraea, Erythrastrea, Favites, Goniastrea, Hydnophora, Hydnophyllia, Leptoria, Liptodendron, Merulina, Monticulastraea, Mycedium, Orbicella, Oulophyllia, Paraclavarina, Paragoniastrea, Paraleptoria, Paramontastraea, Parastrea, Pectinia, Platygyra, Plavecia, Procladocora, Scapophyllia, Tarbellastraea, Trachyphyllia
Subtaxa: Phacellocoenia bazerquei Phacellocoenia thomkai Phacellocoenia tolmachoffana
Type: Phacellocoenia bazerquei
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of France (1 collection), Slovakia (1)
• Cretaceous of Mexico (4), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (2: Texas), Venezuela (3)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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