Platygyra colombiana Clark and Durham 1946 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Alternative combination: Coeloria colombiana

Full reference: B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham. 1946. Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir 16:1-126

Belongs to Platygyra according to W. Kiessling 2008

See also Clark and Durham 1946

Sister taxa: Platygyra acuta, Platygyra concentrica, Platygyra contorta, Platygyra crosslandi, Platygyra daedalea, Platygyra equisepta, Platygyra euaensis, Platygyra lamellina, Platygyra mareensis, Platygyra naroetensis, Platygyra pini, Platygyra renemai, Platygyra ryukyuensis, Platygyra sinensis, Platygyra singularis, Platygyra stricta, Astroria antiguensis, Coeloria andrewsi, Coeloria denselephantis, Coeloria wellsi

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at U.C. Location S. 8050 (Zone C) - Clark and Durham (1946) (Eocene of Colombia)

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