This mentioned taxonomy is an attempt to make an conclusive assignment from the different classifications of various scientists. Because the taxonomy may change due to the latest investigative methods and other findings, our map is a guide only.
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Wood, 1844
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Balanophyllia
Alternative Name
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Balanophyllia (Eupsammia)
Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
Ref.: J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
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Ceratopsammia
Alloiteau, 1958
Ref.: J. Alloiteau. 1958. Monographie des madreporaires fossiles de Madagascar Monograph of fossil corals from Madagascar. Annales Geologiques de Madagascar 25:1-218
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Eupsammia
Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
Ref.: J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
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Rhodopsammia
Semper, 1872
Ref.: W. Kiessling. 2009. Taxonomic vetting of messy data in the Paleobiology Database.
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W. Kiessling, 2014 - Taxonomic revisions of scleractinian corals - (), - (unpublished, English)
J. S. Jell, 2011 - Australian Cretaceous Cnidaria and Porifera - Alcheringa (35), 241-284 (journal article, English)
W. Kiessling, 2009 - Taxonomic vetting of messy data in the Paleobiology Database - (), - (unpublished, English)
W. Kiessling, 2008 - New opinions on coral taxonomy - (), - (unpublished, English)
R. Baron-Szabo, 2008 - Corals of the KT-boundary: Scleractinian corals of the suborders Dendrophylliina, Caryophylliina, Fungiina, Microsolenina, and Stylinina - Zootaxa (1952), 1-244 (journal article, English)
M. A. Kosnik, 2002 - personal opinion. - (), - (unpublished, )
R. C. Baron-Szabo, 2002 - Scleractinian corals of the Cretaceous - Scleractinian corals of the Cretaceous, Knoxville, Tennessee (), 1-539 (book/book chapter, )
J. J. Sepkoski, Jr., 2002 - A compendium of fossil marine animal genera - Bulletins of American Paleontology (363), 1-560 (serial monograph, English)
S. D. Cairns, 2001 - A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) - Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (615), 1-75 (journal article, English)
C. Chaix, 2001 - Une faune inédite de coraux scléractiniaires dans le gisement chattien d'Escornebéou (Landes, SW France); stratigraphie, systématique et paléoécologie - Annales de Paléontologie (87), 3-47 (journal article, French)
C. H. Hu, 1988 - Some solitary fossil corals and paleoecology of the Tunghsiao and Lungkang Formations of Miaoli region, northern Taiwan - Proceedings of the Geological Society of China (31), 140-153 (journal article, English)
C. H. Hu, 1987 - Unusual fossil corals from Hengchun Peninsula, southern Taiwan - Memoir of the Geological Society of China (8), 31-48 (journal article, English)
J. W. Wells, 1984 - Notes on Indo-Pacific Scleractinian Corals. Part 10. Late Pleistocene ahermatypic corals from Vanuatu - Pacific Science (38), 205-219 (journal article, English)
A. K. Pal, 1984 - On the fossil corals (Anthozoa) from the Indus Flysch of Upper Indus Valley, Ladakh - Geological Survey of India Special Publication (15), 55-66 (journal article, English)
S. H. Frost, 1974 - Cenozoic Reef Biofacies - Chicago, Northern Illinois University Press (), 1-388 (book/book chapter, English)
O. Kühn, 1967 - Die Korallen des Paleozäns von Österreich - Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie (7), 3-21 (journal article, German)
O. Kühn, 1965 - Korallen und Bryozoen aus der bayerischen Molasse [Corals and Bryozoa from the Bavarian Molasse] - Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie (5), 29-68 (journal article, German)
J.-P. Chevalier, 1962 - Les Madréporaires miocènes du Maroc - Notes et mémoires du service geologique (), - (journal article, English)
J. P. Chevalier, 1961 - Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale [Miocene corals and reefs from the western Mediterranean] - Memoires de la Societe geologique de France (93), 1-562 (serial monograph, French)
L. G. Hertlein, 1960 - The geology and paleontology of the marine Pliocene of San Diego, California. Part 2a, Paleontology - Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History (2), 73-134 (journal article, English)
J. Alloiteau, 1958 - Monographie des madreporaires fossiles de Madagascar [Monograph of fossil corals from Madagascar] - Annales Geologiques de Madagascar (25), 1-218 (serial monograph, French)
J. Alloiteau, 1958 - Les madréporaires du montien des petites pyrénées (Comparaison avec ceux du Montien de Mons) - Bulletin de la Société d’Histoire naturelle de Toulouse (93), 241-293 (serial monograph, French)
D. F. Squires, 1958 - The Cretaceous and Tertiary corals of New Zealand - New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin (29), 1-107 (serial monograph, English)
M. Rozkowska, 1955 - Koralowce okolic Sochaczewa z warstw z Crania tuberculata [Corals from Sochaczew from the Crania tuberculata Beds] - Acta Geologica Polonica (5), 241-272 (journal article, other)
R. Osberger, 1955 - Beschreibung einiger tertiärer Korallen von Java [Description of some Tertiary corals from Java] - Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte (), 252-256 (journal article, German)
M. Moenke, 1953 - Koralowce z ilow tortonskich Beczyna [Corals from the Tortonian clay of Beczyn] - Acta Geologica Polonica (3), 239-276 (journal article, other)
J. G. De Gruyter, 1944 - Koralen van het Nederlandsche Tertiair [Corals from the Tertiary of the Netherlands] - Leidsche Geologische Mededeelingen (14), 10-39 (journal article, other)
J. W. Durham, 1943 - Pacific Coast Cretaceous and Tertiary corals - Journal of Paleontology (17), 196-202 (journal article, English)
H. Bentson, 1943 - Eocene (Capay) corals from California - Journal of Paleontology (17), 289-297 (journal article, English)
H. Yabe, 1942 - Fossil and recent simple corals from Japan - Science reports of the Tohoku Imperial University, Geology (22), 105-178 (journal article, English)
C. E. Weaver, 1942 - Paleontology of the Marine Tertiary formations of Oregon and Washington - University of Washington Publications in Geology (5), 1-789 (serial monograph, English)
J. W. Durham, 1942 - Eocene and Oligocene coral faunas of Washington - Journal of Paleontology (16), 84-104 (journal article, English)
J. W. Wells, 1941 - Cretaceous and Eocene corals from northwestern Peru - Bulletins of American Paleontology (98), 1-26 (journal article, English)
H. Yabe, 1941 - On some simple corals from the Neogene of Java - Proceedings of the Imperial Academy Tokyo (17), 269-273 (journal article, English)
F. Traub, 1938 - Geologische und paläontologische Bearbeitung der Kreide und des Tertiärs im östlichen Rupertiwinkel, nördlich von Salzburg [Geological and paleontological work on the Cretaceous and Tertiary of the eastern Ruperti region, north of Salzburg] - Palaeontographica Abteilung A (88), 1-107 (journal article, German)
J. W. Wells, 1934 - Some fossil corals from the West Indies - Proceedings of the United States National Museum (83), 71-110 (journal article, English)
H. Gerth, 1925 - Jungtertiäre Korallen von Nias, Java und Borneo, nebst einer Übersicht über die aus dem Känozoikum des indischen Archipels bekannten Arten - Leidsche Geologische Mededeelingen (1), 22-82 (journal article, German)
T. W. Vaughan, 1919 - Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico, with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and Recent coral reefs - Smithsonian Institution Bulletin (103), 189-524 (journal article, English)
J. O. Nomland, 1916 - Corals from the Cretaceous and Tertiary of California and Oregon - Bulletin of the Department of Geology, University of California Publications (9), 59-76 (journal article, English)
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 (journal article, English)
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 (journal article, )
T. A. Conrad, 1848 - Observations on the Eocene formations, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils from that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an appendix - Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (3), 280-299 (journal article, English)