Mixastraea danubica Roniewicz 1976 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

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

Belongs to Mixastraea according to E. Roniewicz 1976

Sister taxa: Mixastraea polyseptata, Mixastraea westfalica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Topalu 3, Dobrogea, Romania, which is in a Kimmeridgian open shallow subtidal limestone in Romania

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Greece (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Romania (3), Slovenia (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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