Discotrochus Milne-Edwards 1848 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae

Parent taxon: Fungiidae according to Wells 1956

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1940

Sister taxa: Axoseris, Cantharellus, Ctenactis, Cycloseris, Danafungia, Fungia, Funginellastraea, Halomitra, Heliofungia, Herpolitha, Hydnophyllon, Leptophyllon, Lithophyllon, Parahalomitra, Pleuractis, Podabacia, Polyphyllia, Reussiphyllon, Sandalolitha, Zoopilus

Subtaxa: Discotrochus astericus Discotrochus californicus Discotrochus cylindricus Discotrochus hoelzli Discotrochus michelottii Discotrochus pateriformis Discotrochus pseudoduncani

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Brazil (3 collections), Germany (4), Italy (1), the Marshall Islands (2), Slovakia (1)

• Oligocene of Australia (1)

• Eocene of New Zealand (1), United States (41: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Washington)

• Paleocene of Greenland (1)

Total: 55 collections including 58 occurrences

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