Craspedophyllia ramosa Roniewicz et al. 2005 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Full reference: E. Roniewicz, J. D. Stanley Jr, F. Da Costa Monteiro and J. A. Grant-Mackie. 2005. Late Triassic (Carnian) corals from Timor-Leste (East Timor): their identity, setting, and biogeography. Alcheringa 29(2):287-303

Belongs to Craspedophyllia according to G. D. Stanley and T. Onoue 2015

See also Roniewicz et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Craspedophyllia alpina, Craspedophyllia cristata, Craspedophyllia japonica, Craspedophyllia spinifera

Type specimen: Its type locality is Saututun, Babulu Formation, Manatuto, East Timor, which is in a Carnian shallow subtidal limestone in the Babulu Formation of East Timor

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of East Timor (1 collection), Japan (2)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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