Dimorphocoenia shachverdljarensis Babayev 1970 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Full reference: R. G. Babayev. 1970. Biostratigrafiya verkhneyurskikh otlozheniy Malogo Kavkaza (Azerbaydzhana) po skleraktiniyam [Upper Jurassic biostratigraphy of the Lesser Caucasus (Azerbaidzhan) based on scleractinians]. in Mezozoyskiye korally SSSR [Mesozoic corals of the USSR], Papers of II Allunion Symposium on fossil corals of the USSR (4)81-92

Belongs to Dimorphocoenia according to R. G. Babayev 1970

Sister taxa: Dimorphocoenia crassisepta, Dimorphocoenia hellenensis, Dimorphocoenia izvoralbensis, Dimorphocoenia jurassica, Dimorphocoenia kaufmanni, Dimorphocoenia multitabulata, Dimorphocoenia solomkoae, Dimorphocoenia xipei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Shakhverdlyar, Lesser Caucasus, which is in a Kimmeridgian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in Azerbaijan

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Shakhverdlyar, Lesser Caucasus

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