Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Full reference: G. A. Goldfuss. 1826. Petrefacta Germaniæ tam ea : quae in Museo Universitatis Regiae Borussicae Fridericiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur quam alia quaecunque in Museis Hoeninghusiano Muensteriano aliisque extant, iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata = Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der petrefacten Deutschlands und der angränzenden Länder /. 1-76
Belongs to Thecocyathus according to E. de Fromentel 1861
Sister taxa: Thecocyathus collignoni, Thecocyathus florealis, Thecocyathus grosgogeati, Thecocyathus mactra, Thecocyathus moorii
Type specimen: syntype BIOB-PB-Goldfuss 192, a skeleton
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution: found only at Gretton Hill, Gloucestershire (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)
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