Cyclophyllopsis cornutiformis Beauvais 1986 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyclophyllopsiidae

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 Cyclophyllopsis according to L. Beauvais 1986

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is J. Bou Dahar (Beni Tadjit), Atlas Mountains, which is in a Pliensbachian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in Morocco.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at J. Bou Dahar (Beni Tadjit), Atlas Mountains

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