Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Full reference: S. T. Khusanov. 1984. Novyye dannyye o rasprostranenii i stratigraficheskom znachenii pozdneyurskikh shestiluchevykh korallov (skleraktiniy) Gaurdakskogo rifovogo massiva (Yugo-Zapadnyy Gissar) [New data on expansion and stratigraphic value of Upper Jurassic hexacorals (Scleractinia) of the Gaurdak reef massive (southwestern Hissar Range)]. Uzbekiston Geologiya Zhurnali (1)72-76
Belongs to Cyathophora according to S. T. Khusanov 1984
Sister taxa: Cyathophora bangoinensis, Cyathophora bourgueti, Cyathophora cesaredensis, Cyathophora claudiensis, Cyathophora densata, Cyathophora denseta, Cyathophora dollfussi, Cyathophora faveolata, Cyathophora globosa, Cyathophora gomangcoensis, Cyathophora haysensis, Cyathophora kobyi, Cyathophora micrommatos, Cyathophora mirtschinkae, Cyathophora neocomiensis, Cyathophora olssoni, Cyathophora parva, Cyathophora parvistella, Cyathophora pironae, Cyathophora pratti, Cyathophora pulchella, Cyathophora steimanni, Cyathophora steinmanni, Cyathophora thurmanni, Cyathophora tithonica
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gaurdak reef, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in Turkmenistan
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Gaurdak reef
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