Stylosmilia octonaria Roniewicz 1976 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Full reference: E. Roniewicz. 1976. Les scléractiniaires du Jurassique supérieur de la Dobrogea centrale, Roumanie. Palaeontologia Polonica 34:17-121

Belongs to Stylosmilia according to E. Roniewicz 1976

Sister taxa: Stylosmilia alpina, Stylosmilia ameliae, Stylosmilia catenula, Stylosmilia corallina, Stylosmilia crassitheca, Stylosmilia fascicularis, Stylosmilia flexuosa, Stylosmilia gregorii, Stylosmilia kangpaensis, Stylosmilia michelini, Stylosmilia naumanni, Stylosmilia shirakurai, Stylosmilia solidecolumella, Stylosmilia subgracilis, Stylosmilia suevica, Stylosmilia tanggulaensis, Stylosmilia tenuis, Stylosmilia tingriensis, Stylosmilia yabei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Topalu 4, Dobrogea, Romania, which is in a Kimmeridgian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in Romania

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (4 collections)

• Jurassic of Bulgaria (1), Italy (1), Poland (2), Portugal (1), Romania (1)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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