Puchastraea maudensis Beauvais 1982 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Full reference: L. Beauvais. 1982. Etude de quelques coelenteres de la base du Mesozoique du Canada occidental [Study of some Coelenterata from the basal Mesozoic of western Canada]. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 19:1963-1973

Belongs to Puchastraea according to L. Beauvais 1982

Sister taxa: Puschastraea kamiennae, Puschastraea kokhensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is GSC C-86371 Maude Island, which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in Canada

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at GSC C-86371 Maude Island

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