Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
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 Dimorphocoenia according to E. Morycowa 1971
Sister taxa: Dimorphocoenia corallina, Dimorphocoenia crassisepta, Dimorphocoenia hellenensis, Dimorphocoenia jurassica, Dimorphocoenia kaufmanni, Dimorphocoenia multitabulata, Dimorphocoenia shachverdljarensis, Dimorphocoenia solomkoae, Dimorphocoenia xipei
Type specimen: Its type locality is Valea Izvorul Alb, 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 Greece (1 collection), Romania (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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