Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Full reference: Y.e. V. Krasnov and E. A. Starostina. 1970. Pozdneyurskiye skleraktinii severnogo Kavkaza [Late Jurassic scleractinians of the northern Caucasus region]. in Mezozoyskiye korally SSSR [Mesozoic corals of the USSR], Papers of II Allunion Symposium on fossil corals of the USSR (4)75-80
Belongs to Cryptocoenia according to Ye. V. Krasnov and E. A. Starostina 1970
Sister taxa: Cryptocoenia aguilerai, Cryptocoenia almerai, Cryptocoenia antiqua, Cryptocoenia biedai, Cryptocoenia brevis, Cryptocoenia cartieri, Cryptocoenia castellum, Cryptocoenia corbariensis, Cryptocoenia desori, Cryptocoenia dubia, Cryptocoenia fontserei, Cryptocoenia intricata, Cryptocoenia jacobi, Cryptocoenia miyakoensis, Cryptocoenia neocomiensis, Cryptocoenia nivernensis, Cryptocoenia octonaria, Cryptocoenia octosepta, Cryptocoenia pistillum, Cryptocoenia regularis, Cryptocoenia stelliserrata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gizeldon River, N Caucasus, which is in a Tithonian marine limestone in the Russian Federation
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Gizeldon River, N Caucasus
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