Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Parent taxon: Dendrophylliidae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aplopsammia, Areopsammia, Astroides, Balanophyllia, Bathypsammia, Blastozopsammia, Cahuzacopsammia, Cairnsipsammia, Calostylopsis, Dendrophyllia, Dichopsammia, Duncanopsammia, Eguchipsammia, Enallopsammia, Endopachys, Endopsammia, Lamellophyllia, Leptopsammia, Lobopsammia, Makridinophyllia, Notophyllia, Paleoastroides, Reussopsammia, Rhabdopsammia, Rhizopsammia, Stereopsammia, Stichopsammia, Thecopsammia, Tubastraea, Turbinaria, Wadeopsammia
Subtaxa: Heteropsammia cochlea
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Indonesia (1 collection), Japan (3), Kenya (3), Taiwan (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Philippines (1), Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene of Taiwan (2)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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