Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Alternative combination: Mesomorpha ornata
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 Ahrdorffia according to R.C. Baron-Szabo 2021
See also Morycowa 1971
Sister taxa: Mesomorpha andrusovi, Mesomorpha bussoni, Mesomorpha chaetetoides, Mesomorpha dubia, Mesomorpha duncani, Mesomorpha excavata, Mesomorpha magna, Mesomorpha mammillata, Mesomorpha minima, Mesomorpha newpassensis, Mesomorpha pesudomammosa, Mesomorpha pseudomammosa, Mesomorpha punctata, Mesomorpha pyanovskae, Mesomorpha simionescui, Mesomorpha urgonensis, Mesomorpha vaughani
Type specimen: Its type locality is Valea Izvorul Alb, Rarau area, NE Romania, which is in an Aptian shallow subtidal marl in Romania
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), France (7), Germany (3), Hungary (1), Mexico (1), Romania (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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