†Mixastraea danubica Roniewicz 1976 (stony coral)
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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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