Placocoenites Sokolov 1955 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Favositida - Coenitidae

Parent taxon: Coenitidae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Klaamann 1964

Sister taxa: Coenitinae, Lecompteia, Planocoenites, Platyaxum

Subtaxa: Placocoenites orientalis Placocoenites pellicula

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Type: Coenites orientalis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Devonian of the Czech Republic (1 collection), Germany (7), Mongolia (4), the Russian Federation (3), Vietnam (1)

• Silurian of China (1), Estonia (1), the Russian Federation (5)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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