Allocoenia plana Beauvais 1972 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Full reference: L. Beauvais. 1972. Contribution a l'etude de la faune bathonienne dans la vallee de la Creuse (Indre): madreporaires [The Bathonian fauna in the Creuse Valley (Indre): corals]. Annales de Paleontologie, Invertebres 58(1):33-97

Belongs to Allocoenia according to L. Beauvais 1972

Sister taxon: Allocoenia trochiformis

Type specimen: MNHN-F-B47163. Its type locality is Saint-Gaultier, Creuse Valley, which is in a Bathonian perireef or subreef limestone in France.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Saudi Arabia (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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