Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Alternative combination: Placotrochus magnus
Full reference: J. Dennant. 1904. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 7. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 28:52-76
Belongs to Periplacotrochus according to S. D. Cairns 2017
See also Dennant 1904
Sister taxa: Periplacotrochus corniculatus, Periplacotrochus cudmorei, Periplacotrochus deltoideus, Periplacotrochus elegans, Periplacotrochus elongatus, Periplacotrochus inflectus, Periplacotrochus pueblensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Spring Creek, Dennant collection, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in Australia
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Australia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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