Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Columastreidae
Full reference: J. Alloiteau. 1958. Monographie des madreporaires fossiles de Madagascar [Monograph of fossil corals from Madagascar]. Annales Geologiques de Madagascar 25:1-218
Belongs to Columastrea according to Alloiteau 1958
Sister taxa: Columastrea antiqua, Columastrea indica, Columastrea madagascariensis, Columastrea maxima, Columastrea striata, Columnastraea caillaudi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Andrafiavelo, which is in a Campanian marine horizon in Madagascar
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Madagascar (1 collection), Oman (1), Spain (1), the United Arab Emirates (3)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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