†Araiophyllum liasicum Beauvais 1986 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae
Full reference: L. Beauvais. 1986. Monographie des Madreporaires du Jurassique Inferieur du Maroc (Monograph on Lower Jurassic Corals of Morocco). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 194(1-3):1-68
Belongs to Araiophyllum according to L. Beauvais 1986
Sister taxon: Araiophyllum triassicum
Type specimen: Its type locality is J. Bou Mokhta (2), Atlas Mountains, which is in a Pliensbachian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in Morocco.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at J. Bou Mokhta (2), Atlas Mountains
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