Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Synonyms: Aldrichia Vaughan 1900, Aldrichiella Vaughan 1903
Parent taxon: Turbinoliinae according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002
See also Cairns 1997 and Vaughan 1900
Sister taxa: Dominicotrochus, Idiotrochus, Kionotrochus, Koilotrochus, Notocyathus, Pepenocyathus
Subtaxa: Platytrochus airensis Platytrochus bataviae Platytrochus burcki Platytrochus claibornensis Platytrochus curvatus Platytrochus diabloensis Platytrochus dominicensis Platytrochus elegans Platytrochus hastatus Platytrochus maudensis Platytrochus merriami Platytrochus primaevus Platytrochus vacuus
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (4 collections), the Dominican Republic (1), India (1), Mexico (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (2)
• Eocene of Australia (1), the Netherlands (2), United States (27: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene of the Netherlands (1), Ukraine (1), United States (5: Texas)
Total: 46 collections including 56 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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