Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae
Full reference: E.I. Kusmicheva. 1972. Berriasian Scleractinians of the Crimean Mountain Region. Paleontological Journal 6(2):47-51
Belongs to Dimorpharaea according to E.I. Kusmicheva 1972
Sister taxa: Dimorpharaea aequiseptalis, Dimorpharaea catalaunica, Dimorpharaea convexa, Dimorpharaea deickei, Dimorpharaea desori, Dimorpharaea expansa, Dimorpharaea globularis, Dimorpharaea japonica, Dimorpharaea koechlini, Dimorpharaea lehmani, Dimorpharaea lentiformis, Dimorpharaea lineata, Dimorpharaea manchacaensis, Dimorpharaea munsteri, Dimorpharaea ornata, Dimorpharaea stellans, Dimorpharaea tosaensis, Dimorpharaea williamsonensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mezhgor'ye, which is in a Berriasian reef, buildup or bioherm claystone/reef rocks in Ukraine
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Ukraine (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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