Progyrosmilia torulosa Gerth 1923 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Alternative combinations: Coelocoenia torulosa, Dichocoenia torulosa

Full reference: H. Gerth. 1923. Die Anthozoenfauna des Jungtertiärs von Borneo [Anthozoa from the Upper Tertiary of Borneo]. Sammlungen des Geologischen Reichsmuseums in Leiden, serie 1 10:37-136

Belongs to Progyrosmilia according to Wells 1937

See also Kühn 1933

Sister taxon: Progyrosmilia vacua

Type specimen: Its type locality is River Gelingseh, Borneo, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in the Gelingseh Formation of Indonesia

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Indonesia (2 collections), Iran (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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