Cryptocoenia nivernensis Beauvais 1964 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae

Full reference: L. Beauvais. 1964. Etude stratigraphique et paléontologique des formations à madréporaires du Jurassique supérieur du Jura et de l'est du Bassin de Paris. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France 100:1-288

Belongs to Cryptocoenia according to Beauvais 1964

Sister taxa: Cryptocoenia aguilerai, Cryptocoenia almerai, Cryptocoenia antiqua, Cryptocoenia arduennensis, Cryptocoenia biedai, Cryptocoenia brevis, Cryptocoenia cartieri, Cryptocoenia castellum, Cryptocoenia claudiensis, Cryptocoenia corbariensis, Cryptocoenia desori, Cryptocoenia dubia, Cryptocoenia fontserei, Cryptocoenia intricata, Cryptocoenia jacobi, Cryptocoenia matskevici, Cryptocoenia miyakoensis, Cryptocoenia neocomiensis, Cryptocoenia octonaria, Cryptocoenia octosepta, Cryptocoenia pistillum, Cryptocoenia pratti, Cryptocoenia regularis, Cryptocoenia stelliserrata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chalumeau Quarry, Alligny-Cosne, which is in an Oxfordian perireef or subreef limestone/marl in France

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Algeria (3 collections), France (1), Greece (2)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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