Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Full reference: L. Beauvais and S. Nouiouat. 1993. Une nouvelle faune de coralliaire jurassiques dans l'Atlas sahariens d'Algerie [A new Jurassic coral fauna from the Saharan Atlas of Algeria]. Geobios 26(3):291-318
Belongs to Mesomorpha according to L. Beauvais and S. Nouiouat 1993
Sister taxa: Mesomorpha andrusovi, Mesomorpha bussoni, Mesomorpha chaetetoides, Mesomorpha dubia, Mesomorpha duncani, Mesomorpha excavata, Mesomorpha mammillata, Mesomorpha minima, Mesomorpha newpassensis, Mesomorpha pesudomammosa, Mesomorpha pseudomammosa, Mesomorpha punctata, Mesomorpha pyanovskae, Mesomorpha simionescui, Mesomorpha urgonensis, Mesomorpha vaughani, Ahrdorffia ornata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hassi Mguita, Ouled Nails Mountains, Unit R VI, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian perireef or subreef marl in Algeria
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Hassi Mguita, Ouled Nails Mountains, Unit R VI
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