Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Full reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1900. The Eocene and lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretaceous species. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 39:1-263
Parent taxon: Astrocoeniinae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Adegokeastrea, Atopocoenia
Subtaxa: Platycoenia iranica Platycoenia jacksonensis Platycoenia tarbellensis
Type: Platycoenia jacksonensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Algeria (1 collection), France (7)
• Oligocene of Greece (1), Iran (1)
• Eocene of United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 11 collections including 13 occurrences
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