Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Full reference: E. Morycowa. 1971. Hexacorallia et Octocorallia du Cretace Inferieur de Rarau (Carpathes Orientales Roumaines) [Early Cretaceous hexacorals and octocorals from Rarau (Eastern Carpathians, Romania)]. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 16(1-2):3-149
Belongs to Actinaraea according to E. Morycowa 1971
Sister taxa: Actinaraea granulata, Actinaraea michoacanensis, Actinaraea minuta, Actinaraea robusta
Type specimen: Its type locality is Valea Seaca, Rarau area, NE Romania, which is in an Aptian shallow subtidal marl in Romania
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (3 collections), Georgia (2), Germany (2), Hungary (1), Romania (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), United States (1: New Mexico)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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