Stylina sucrensis Wells 1944 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Synonyms: Diplocoenia inwaldensis Ogilvie 1897, Stylina foliosa Ogilvie 1897, Stylina milleporacea Ogilvie 1897

Full reference: J. W. Wells. 1944. Cretaceous, tertiary, and recent corals, a sponge, and an alga from Venezuela. Journal of Paleontology 18(5):429-447

Belongs to Stylina according to J. W. Wells 1944

See also Geyer 1955 and Löser et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Stylina alba, Stylina algarvensis, Stylina alveolata, Stylina amdoensis, Stylina anthemoides, Stylina arborea, Stylina arduennensis, Stylina arduennensis, Stylina arkansasensis, Stylina aspera, Stylina babeana, Stylina balsami, Stylina bangoinensis, Stylina baugieri, Stylina bernensis, Stylina bucheti, Stylina bulgarica, Stylina bullosa, Stylina capellini, Stylina carthagiensis, Stylina ceriomorpha, Stylina conifera, Stylina constricta, Stylina coquandi, Stylina corallina, Stylina coronata, Stylina cotteaui, Stylina decemradiata, Stylina delabechii, Stylina deluci, Stylina delucii, Stylina dendroidea, Stylina depravata, Stylina digitiformis, Stylina dongqoensis, Stylina dubia, Stylina dufrenoyi, Stylina echinulata, Stylina elegans, Stylina esmuni, Stylina excelsa, Stylina favrei, Stylina fenestralis, Stylina gaulardi, Stylina girodi, Stylina gracilis, Stylina granulosa, Stylina higoensis, Stylina hirta, Stylina hourcqi, Stylina inflata, Stylina insignis, Stylina intermedia, Stylina inwaldensis, Stylina japonica, Stylina kachensis, Stylina kantoensis, Stylina laevicostata, Stylina lanceloti, Stylina leymeriana, Stylina lobata, Stylina lortphillipsi, Stylina mabutii, Stylina macfadyeni, Stylina madagascariensis, Stylina meriani, Stylina microcoenia, Stylina microcoma, Stylina micrommata, Stylina micropora, Stylina minuta, Stylina nakasai, Stylina nantuacensis, Stylina ndalakashensis, Stylina niongalensis, Stylina nodosa, Stylina oolitica, Stylina orbignyana, Stylina pachystylina, Stylina parcicosta, Stylina parvipora, Stylina parviramosa, Stylina perroni, Stylina pleionantha, Stylina ploti, Stylina punctata, Stylina qiebulaensis, Stylina ramosa, Stylina renevieri, Stylina reussi, Stylina reussii, Stylina rupellensis, Stylina sablensis, Stylina savi, Stylina shamoloensis, Stylina sinemuriensis, Stylina solida, Stylina stellata, Stylina subjecta, Stylina subornata, Stylina sugiyamai, Stylina tabulata, Stylina tenax, Stylina tertia, Stylina thevenini, Stylina thiessingi, Stylina thurmani, Stylina tubulifera, Stylina tubulosa, Stylina valfinensis, Stylina virgulina, Plesiostylina hourcqi, Pseudocoenia beskidena, Pseudocoenia octonis, Pseudocoenia bernardina, Pseudocoenia annae, Pseudocoenia elegans

Type specimens:

  • Stylina sucrensis: Its type locality is Las Cinco Ceibas, which is in an Aptian/Albian perireef or subreef limestone in the Barranquin Formation of Venezuela
  • Diplocoenia inwaldensis:
  • Stylina foliosa:
  • Stylina milleporacea:

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Venezuela (1 collection)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Spain (1)

• Jurassic of Azerbaijan (2), Czechia (3)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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