Makridinophyllia Kuzmicheva 1987 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Full reference: E. I. Kuzmicheva. 1987. Verkhnemelovyye i paleogenovyye korally SSSR [Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene corals from the USSR] 1-187

Parent taxon: Dendrophylliidae according to E. I. Kuzmicheva 1987

Sister taxa: Aplopsammia, Areopsammia, Astroides, Balanophyllia, Bathypsammia, Blastozopsammia, Cahuzacopsammia, Cairnsipsammia, Calostylopsis, Dendrophyllia, Dichopsammia, Duncanopsammia, Eguchipsammia, Enallopsammia, Endopachys, Endopsammia, Heteropsammia, Lamellophyllia, Leptopsammia, Lobopsammia, Notophyllia, Paleoastroides, Reussopsammia, Rhabdopsammia, Rhizopsammia, Stereopsammia, Stichopsammia, Thecopsammia, Tubastraea, Turbinaria, Wadeopsammia

Subtaxa: Makridinophyllia makridini

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Type: Makridinophyllia makridini

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Dnipropetrovsk, Mandrikovka Formation (Eocene of Ukraine)

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