Epiphaxum Lonsdale 1850

Anthozoa - Helioporacea

Full reference: W. Lonsdale. 1850. Descriptions of the fossils of the Chalk Formation. Notes on the corals. The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex 237-324

Parent taxon: Helioporacea according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Heliopora, Helioporidae, Kaluginella, Octotremacis, Polytremacis

Subtaxa: Epiphaxum arbuscula Epiphaxum auloporoides Epiphaxum labyrinthicum

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Type: Epiphaxum auloporoides

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (1 collection)

• Oligocene of France (1)

• Eocene of France (1)

• Cretaceous of Germany (1), United States (1: Texas)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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